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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary de·moc·ra·cy (plural -cies) ETYMOLOGY Middle French democratie, from Late Latin democratia, from Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos + -kratia -cracy DATE 1576 1. a. government by the people; especially : rule of the majority b. a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections 2. a political unit that has a democratic government 3. capitalized : the principles and policies of the Democratic party in the United States from emancipation Republicanism to New Deal Democracy — C. M. Roberts 4. the common people especially when constituting the source of political authority 5. the absence of hereditary or arbitrary class distinctions or privileges English Etymology democracy 1570s, from M.Fr . democratie, from M.L. democratia (13c.), from Gk. demokratia, from demos "common people," originally "district" (see demotic), + kratos "rule, strength" (see -cracy).http://M.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 democracy dem·oc·racy / di5mCkrEsi; NAmE -5mB:k- / noun(pl. -ies) 1. [U] a system of government in which all the people of a country can vote to elect their representatives 民主；民主政体；民主制度: parliamentary democracy 议会民主 the principles of democracy 民主原则 2. [C] a country which has this system of government 民主国家: Western democracies 西方民主国家 I thought we were supposed to be living in a democracy. 我还以为我们应该是生活在一个民主国家里。 3. [U] fair and equal treatment of everyone in an organization, etc., and their right to take part in making decisions 民主精神；民主权利；民主: the fight for justice and democracy 为正义和民主的斗争 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English democracy noun ADJ. genuine, true | political | constitutional, parliamentary | multi-party | Western VERB + DEMOCRACY believe in, support people who believe in true democracy | fight for | establish | restore The military regime has promised to restore democracy soon. PREP. in a/the ~ We live in a multi-party democracy. PHRASES pro-democracy a pro-democracy demonstration in the capital | the road to democracy the need to overcome political apathy and advance on the road to democracy | the spread of democracy Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: representative democracy, or social democracy , or tory democracy , or direct democracy , or industrial democracy de·moc·ra·cy \də̇ˈmäkrəsē, dēˈ-, -si\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle French democratie, from Late Latin democratia, from Greek dēmokratia, from dēm- dem- + -kratia -cracy 1. a. : government by the people : rule of the majority b. (1) : a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly (as in the ancient Greek city-states or the New England town meeting) — called also direct democracy (2) : a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them indirectly through a system of representation and delegated authority in which the people choose their officials and representatives at periodically held free elections— called also representative democracy 2. : a community or state in which the government is controlled by the people; specifically : a state in which the supreme power is held and exercised directly by the people rather than by their elected agents < in a democracy the people meet and exercise their government in person; in a republic, they assemble and administer it by their representatives and agents — James Madison > — compare republic 3. usually capitalized a. : the principles and policies of the Democratic party in the United States b. : the Democratic party or its members 4. : the common people especially when regarded as the source of government 5. : political, social, or economic equality : the absence or disavowal of hereditary or arbitrary class distinctions or privileges < democracy stands at a midway point, with personal freedom limited only by another concept — that of equality — Louis Wasserman > 6. : a state of society characterized by tolerance toward minorities, freedom of expression, and respect for the essential dignity and worth of the human individual with equal opportunity for each to develop freely to his fullest capacity in a cooperative community 7. : control through representation by the rank and file especially in industry — see industrial democracy |
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