democracy

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

1. the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives (Freq. 7)
• Derivationally related forms:
democratic, democratize
• Hypernyms:
political orientation, ideology, political theory
2. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
republic, commonwealth
• Derivationally related forms:
Democratic, democratize
• Hypernyms:
political system, form of government
• Hyponyms:
Weimar Republic, parliamentary democracy
3. the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
• Syn:
majority rule
• Derivationally related forms:
democratic
• Hypernyms:
doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism

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