Added 9 October 2026
democracy
/dɪˈmɒk.ɹə.si/ noun
In Latin: dēmocratia Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about democracy at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- The political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives.
- A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.
- The doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group.
Origin
From Middle French democratie (French démocratie), from Medieval Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā). By surface analysis, demo- (“people”) + -cracy (“rule”).
From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)