democracy

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /dɪˈmɒk.ɹə.si/    美 /dɪˈmɑ.kɹə.si/|/dɪˈmɔk.ɹə.si/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy). uncountable
    — And the essential value and power of Democracy consists in this,—that it combines, as far as possible, power and organization ; THE SPIRIT, MANHOOD, is at one with THE BODY, ORGANIZATION. [....] Democracy is Government by the People.
  2. A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction. countable
    — Of course, the Russians think it is something else because they say the Russians have a democracy and it is plain that their government is not what the Americans regard as a democracy.
  3. A state with a democratic system of government. countable
    — Some countries which were originally monarchies, like the UK, have maintained their status as monarchies whilst also becoming democracies in the modern era; others, like France, completely disposed of their monarchies when they became democracies.
  4. Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy". uncountable
    — As states of the human spirit democracy, righteousness, and faith have much in common and may be cultivated by the same means...

词形变化

democracies plural

词汇关系

近义词
democratism
衍生词
algorithmocracy antidemocracy aristodemocracy arsenal of democracy authoritarian democracy Christian democracy counterdemocracy crony democracy cyberdemocracy democracide democracy sausage democratize democrazy demokkkracy demonocracy dictatorship of democracy direct democracy dollar democracy dotmocracy dumbocracy ecodemocracy e-democracy fax democracy grassroots democracy Islamocracy liberal democracy limited democracy liquid democracy majoritarian democracy media democracy nondemocracy nuclear democracy overdemocracy participatory democracy people's democracy plutodemocracy popular democracy post-democracy predemocracy pro-democracy protected democracy pseudo-democracy pseudodemocracy pure democracy quasidemocracy socdem social democracy superdemocracy tandemocracy technodemocracy teledemocracy theodemocracy Tory Democracy
相关词
democrat democratic

词源

From Middle French democratie (French démocratie), from Medieval Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā).
By surface analysis, demo- (“people”) + -cracy (“rule”).
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