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| democracy definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 188 sets | |
| 2 | government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representative | 124 sets | |
| 3 | government by the people | 103 sets | |
| 4 | rule by the people | 80 sets | |
| 5 | government in which the people rule | 49 sets | |
| 6 | 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. | 46 sets | |
| 7 | government ruled by the people | 36 sets | |
| 8 | a form of government in which citizens govern themselves | 30 sets | |
| 9 | ruled by the people | 23 sets | |
| 10 | a system of government in which citizens vote to make governmental decisions | 19 sets | |
| 11 | a government by the people | 17 sets | |
| 12 | a general description of a government in which the people rule | 15 sets | |
| 13 | people rule | 15 sets | |
| 14 | a form of government in which the people elect leaders and rule by majority | 15 sets | |
| 15 | government in which all citizens share in running the government | 14 sets | |
| 16 | the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives | 14 sets | |
| 17 | a government in which the people rule | 14 sets | |
| 18 | government in which citizens take part | 14 sets | |
| 19 | a form of government in which the supreme authority rests with the people | 14 sets | |
| 20 | government in which the people hold ruling power | 13 sets | |
| 21 | a government controlled by its citizens | 12 sets | |
| 22 | a system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public's preferences | 11 sets | |
| 23 | a government ruled by the people | 11 sets | |
| 24 | the people rule | 10 sets | |
| 25 | a system of government in which citizens vote to make government decisions | 10 sets | |
| 26 | a type of government in which people rule themselves | 9 sets | |
| 27 | a government run by the people | 9 sets | |
| 28 | a political system that gives power to the people as a whole | 9 sets | |
| 29 | rule of the people | 9 sets | |
| 30 | government by the people. | 8 sets | |
| 31 | a government in which citizens hold the power to rule | 8 sets | |
| 32 | a government controlled by its citizens. | 8 sets | |
| 33 | power of the people | 8 sets | |
| 34 | s system of government in which citizens vote to make government decision | 8 sets | |
| 35 | la democracia | 7 sets | |
| 36 | government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representative. | 7 sets | |
| 37 | government by the people, both directly or indirectly, with free and frequent elections | 7 sets | |
| 38 | system of government in which all 'citizens' (however defined) have equal political and legal rights, privileges, and protections, as in the greek city-state of athens in the fifth and fourth centuries b.c.e. (p. 127) | 7 sets | |
| 39 | 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 | 7 sets | |
| 40 | form of government in which the supreme authority rests with the people | 7 sets | |