democracy

Word family noun democracy democrat democratization democratistadjective democratic ≠ undemocratic democratifiableverb democratatize democratizeadverb democratically ≠ undemocratically

Related topics: Government, Citizenship

de·moc·ra·cy /dɪˈmɒkrəsi $ dɪˈmɑː-/ W3 noun (plural democracies)

1 [uncountableU]PG a system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its government officials 民主政体，民主制度

a return to democracy after 16 years of military rule

16年军人统治后民主制度的恢复

► see thesaurus at government

2 [countableC]PG a country that has a government which has been elected by the people of the country 民主国家

a parliamentary democracy

议会民主制国家

Western democracies

西方的民主国家

3 [uncountableU]PGC a situation or system in which everyone is equal and has the right to vote, make decisions etc 〔组织等中的〕民主，民主作风 → democratic

democracy within the trade unions

工会内部的民主

n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: a country that has a government which has been elected by the people of the country

adjectives

a parliamentary democracy (=one with an elected parliament)

Britain is a parliamentary democracy.

a multiparty democracy (=with a number of political parties)

It is one of the few countries in the area that is a true multiparty democracy.

a Western democracy

The sanctions are supported by all the major Western democracies.

a new democracy

They are facing many of the same problems that all new democracies experience.

an emerging/fledgling democracy (=new)

the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe

Examples from the Corpus

democracy• In 1974, democracy returned to Greece after seven years of military rule.• Costa Rica is a democracy.• The team's partnership is not a democracy; executives Larry Baer and Bob Quinn are the ones who make decisions.• And the growth of an emerging democracy over the past two years provides an outlet for his critics' denunciations.• The answer is: industrial democracy.• His statistical analysis reveals a strong positive effect of per capita income on the level of democracy.• We agree that it is the best way to help those countries to establish sound democracies and a sound economy.• the democracies of Western Europe• Adolfo Suarez supervised Spain's transition to democracy in the 1970s.• You say that this conflict is partly the result of governments in New Delhi undermining democracy in the state.• Until the past decade, the technology on which democracy had operated for some 2,500 years had not changed much.

parliamentary democracy• As a whole it reaffirmed liberal individualism, pluralism and parliamentary democracy.• In most parliamentary democracies voter turnout tends to be around half to three-quarters of the electorate.• But the Party continues to flout its own rules and the basic principles of parliamentary democracy.• That they are an essential part of any system of parliamentary democracy will be of limited consolation to them.• Within our system of parliamentary democracy, only inter-party competition was seen as crucial and desirable.• As Winston Churchill once said, parliamentary democracy is a very bad system - but no one has found a better one.• For the whole sample, the comparison reveals that presidential democracies are more likely to break down than parliamentary democracies.• However, we should interfere in local government with some trepidation because local democracy and local accountability underpin parliamentary democracy and accountability.

From Longman Business Dictionary

democracyde·moc·ra·cy /dɪˈmɒkrəsidɪˈmɑː-/ noun (plural democracies)

1[uncountableU] a system of government in which members of the government are elected by the people of a country

They carried banners demanding democracy and a free press.

→ social democracy

2[countableC] a country that has a government which has been elected by the people of the country

He said we should be increasing our support for Russia’s democracy.

3[countableC, uncountableU] a situation or system in which everyone has the right to be involved in making decisions

People will continue to view our party with suspicion until we display democracy within our organization.

→ workplace democracy

Origin democracy

(1500-1600) Old French democratie, from Greek demokratia, from demos “people” + -kratia “rule”

词汇	democracy
释义	democracy Word family noun democracy democrat democratization democratistadjective democratic ≠ undemocratic democratifiableverb democratatize democratizeadverb democratically ≠ undemocratically Related topics: Government, Citizenship de·moc·ra·cy /dɪˈmɒkrəsi $ dɪˈmɑː-/ ●●○ W3 noun (plural democracies) 1 [uncountableU]PG a system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its government officials 民主政体，民主制度 a return to democracy after 16 years of military rule 16年军人统治后民主制度的恢复 ► see thesaurus at government 2 [countableC]PG a country that has a government which has been elected by the people of the country 民主国家 a parliamentary democracy 议会民主制国家 Western democracies 西方的民主国家 3 [uncountableU]PGC a situation or system in which everyone is equal and has the right to vote, make decisions etc 〔组织等中的〕民主，民主作风 → democratic democracy within the trade unions 工会内部的民主 n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: a country that has a government which has been elected by the people of the country adjectives a parliamentary democracy (=one with an elected parliament) Britain is a parliamentary democracy. a multiparty democracy (=with a number of political parties) It is one of the few countries in the area that is a true multiparty democracy. a Western democracy The sanctions are supported by all the major Western democracies. a new democracy They are facing many of the same problems that all new democracies experience. an emerging/fledgling democracy (=new) the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe Examples from the Corpus democracy• In 1974, democracy returned to Greece after seven years of military rule.• Costa Rica is a democracy.• The team's partnership is not a democracy; executives Larry Baer and Bob Quinn are the ones who make decisions.• And the growth of an emerging democracy over the past two years provides an outlet for his critics' denunciations.• The answer is: industrial democracy.• His statistical analysis reveals a strong positive effect of per capita income on the level of democracy.• We agree that it is the best way to help those countries to establish sound democracies and a sound economy.• the democracies of Western Europe• Adolfo Suarez supervised Spain's transition to democracy in the 1970s.• You say that this conflict is partly the result of governments in New Delhi undermining democracy in the state.• Until the past decade, the technology on which democracy had operated for some 2,500 years had not changed much. parliamentary democracy• As a whole it reaffirmed liberal individualism, pluralism and parliamentary democracy.• In most parliamentary democracies voter turnout tends to be around half to three-quarters of the electorate.• But the Party continues to flout its own rules and the basic principles of parliamentary democracy.• That they are an essential part of any system of parliamentary democracy will be of limited consolation to them.• Within our system of parliamentary democracy, only inter-party competition was seen as crucial and desirable.• As Winston Churchill once said, parliamentary democracy is a very bad system - but no one has found a better one.• For the whole sample, the comparison reveals that presidential democracies are more likely to break down than parliamentary democracies.• However, we should interfere in local government with some trepidation because local democracy and local accountability underpin parliamentary democracy and accountability. From Longman Business Dictionary democracyde·moc·ra·cy /dɪˈmɒkrəsidɪˈmɑː-/ noun (plural democracies) 1[uncountableU] a system of government in which members of the government are elected by the people of a country They carried banners demanding democracy and a free press. → social democracy 2[countableC] a country that has a government which has been elected by the people of the country He said we should be increasing our support for Russia’s democracy. 3[countableC, uncountableU] a situation or system in which everyone has the right to be involved in making decisions People will continue to view our party with suspicion until we display democracy within our organization. → workplace democracy Origin democracy (1500-1600) Old French democratie, from Greek demokratia, from demos “people” + -kratia “rule”
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