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Word: Democracy
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 15th century: from French démocratie, via late Latin from Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos ‘the people’ + -kratia ‘power, rule’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪˈmɒkrəsi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives
Short Definition:government by people
Examples:- a system of parliamentary democracy
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