democracy

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dem·oc·racy [democracy democracies] BrE [dɪˈmɒkrəsi] NAmE [dɪˈmɑːkrəsi] noun (pl. dem·oc·racies)
1. uncountable a system of government in which all the people of a country can vote to elect their representatives
•parliamentary democracy
•the principles of democracy
2. countable a country which has this system of government
•Western democracies
•I thought we were supposed to be living in a democracy.
3. uncountable fair and equal treatment of everyone in an organization, etc, and their right to take part in making decisions
•the fight for justice and democracy

Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: from French démocratie, via late Latin from Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos ‘the people’ -kratia ‘power, rule’.

Example Bank:
•We live in a multi-party democracy.
•a pro-democracy demonstration in the capital
•people who believe in true democracy
•the need to overcome political apathy and advance on the road to democracy

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  majority rule, republic, commonwealth