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Democracy
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(democracies) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Democracy is a system of government in which people choose their rulers by voting for them in elections. ...the spread of democracy in Eastern Europe. ...the pro-democracy movement. N-UNCOUNT 2. A democracy is a country in which the people choose their government by voting for it. The new democracies face tough challenges. N-COUNT: usu supp N 3. Democracy is a system of running organizations, businesses, and groups in which each member is entitled to vote and take part in decisions. ...the union’s emphasis on industrial democracy. N-UNCOUNT: usu supp N DEMOCRAT (democrats) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word ‘democrat’ or ‘democratic’ in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States. ...a senior Christian Democrat... Congressman Tom Downey is a Democrat from New York. N-COUNT: oft supp N 2. A democrat is a person who believes in the ideals of democracy, personal freedom, and equality. This is the time for democrats and not dictators. N-COUNT
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noun (plural -cies) Etymology: Middle French democratie, from Late Latin democratia, from Greek demokratia, from demos + -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 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a system of government by the whole population, usu. through elected representatives. b a State so governed. c any organization governed on democratic principles. 2 a classless and tolerant form of society. 3 US a the principles of the Democratic Party. b its members. Etymology: F d{eacute}mocratie f. LL democratia f. Gk demokratia f. demos the people + -CRACY ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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сущ. 1) пол. демократия а) (форма политической организации общества, основанная на признании принципов народовластия и права народа на участие в решении государственных дел, прямом или косвенном) б) (принцип организации коллективной деятельности, при котором весь или большая часть коллектива участвует в процессе принятия решений по поводу осуществляемой коллективом деятельности) See: industrial democracy, democratic leader, democratic atmosphere 2) пол., упр. демократизм (наличие демократии, черты демократии, демократическое устройство чего-либо) demands for greater democracy — требования большего демократизма Syn: democratism 3) пол. демократическое государство Sri Lanka is a multiparty democracy. — Шри-Ланка — это многопартийное демократическое государство. DEMOCRACY сущ. демократия, демократизм, демократическое государство - industrial democracy ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. демократия pure democracy —- чистая демократия people's democracy —- народная демократия 2. демократизм 3. демократическое государство; демократическая страна 4. (D.) ам. демократическая партия; политика демократической партии 5. собир. простые люди ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) демократия 2) демократическое государство 3) демократизм 4) (Democracy) amer. демократическая партия ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 a system of government in which everyone in the country can vote to elect its members 2 a country that has a government which has been elected by the people of the country 3 a situation or system in which everyone is equal and has the right to vote, make decisions etc ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1574, from M.Fr. democratie, from M.L. democratia, from Gk. demokratia, from demos "common people," originally "district," + kratos "rule, strength." Democratic for one of the two major U.S. political parties is 1829, though members of the Democratic-Republican (formerly Anti-Federal) party had been called Democrats since 1798. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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