Word of the Day 01/09/23 Democracy

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Democracy (noun)
democracy [ dih-mok-ruh-see ]

noun plural de·moc·ra·cies.
1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
2. a state having such a form of government: The United States and Canada are democracies.
3. a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges.
4. political or social equality; democratic spirit.
5. the common people of a community as distinguished from any privileged class; the common people with respect to their political power.

OTHER WORDS FROM DEMOCRACY
an·ti·de·moc·ra·cy, noun, plural an·ti·de·moc·ra·cies, adjective
non·de·moc·ra·cy, noun, plural non·de·moc·ra·cies.
pre·de·moc·ra·cy, noun, plural pre·de·moc·ra·cies.
pro·de·moc·ra·cy, adjective

WORDS RELATED TO DEMOCRACY
equality, freedom, justice, commonwealth, egalitarianism, emancipation, equalitarianism, republic, suffrage, representative government

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ORIGIN: 1525–35; < Middle French démocratie

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<b>Democracy</b> <i>(noun)
democracy [ dih-mok-ruh-see ]</i>

<b>noun <i>plural de·moc·ra·cies.</i></b>
1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
2. a state having such a form of government: <i>The United States and Canada are democracies.</i>
3. a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges.
4. political or social equality; democratic spirit.
5. the common people of a community as distinguished from any privileged class; the common people with respect to their political power.

<b>OTHER WORDS FROM DEMOCRACY</b>
an·ti·de·moc·ra·cy, noun, plural an·ti·de·moc·ra·cies, adjective
non·de·moc·ra·cy, noun, plural non·de·moc·ra·cies.
pre·de·moc·ra·cy, noun, plural pre·de·moc·ra·cies.
pro·de·moc·ra·cy, adjective

<b>WORDS RELATED TO DEMOCRACY</b>
equality, freedom, justice, commonwealth, egalitarianism, emancipation, equalitarianism, republic, suffrage, representative government

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<b>ORIGIN:</b> 1525–35; < Middle French démocratie<Late Latin dēmocratia < Greek dēmokratía popular government, equivalent to dēmo-demo- + -kratia-cracy

<b>HOW TO USE DEMOCRACY IN A SENTENCE</b>
The political winners ritually prosecuting the political losers is not the stuff of a mature democracy.
<b><i>THE STUNNING HYPOCRISY OF BILL BARR|ANDREW PROKOP|SEPTEMBER 17, 2020|VOX</i></b>

America’s founders did not believe in either concept of democracy, so the fact that the hardboiled compromise between large and small states is inegalitarian did not bother them very much.
<i><b>AMERICA NEEDS A DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION|MATTHEW YGLESIAS|SEPTEMBER 17, 2020|VOX</b></i>

What Strzok makes clear is that democracy depends on Washington getting with the program.
<b><i>DEMOCRACY DEPENDS ON WASHINGTON IMPROVING ITS TECH|ADAM LASHINSKY|SEPTEMBER 17, 2020|FORTUNE</i></b>

Head to your state’s elections website, spend some time learning how to vote early, and check “participate in democracy” off your to-do list.
<i><b>WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE (AND HOW TO DO IT)|JOHN KENNEDY|SEPTEMBER 17, 2020|POPULAR-SCIENCE</b></i>

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