as in republic
government in which the supreme power is held by the people and used by them directly or indirectly through representation
under our democracy the people have some control over their lives by being able to select their own political leaders
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Recent Examples of democracy
John Stuart Mill argued that diversity of opinion sustains democracy.
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Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
Other Western democracies experience polarization and political turmoil, too, yet do not experience this problem.
—Garret Martin, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
In the years after the fall of the wall, dozens of nations in eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Asia embraced constitutional democracy.
—Richard Stengel, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
To facilitate a broader reflective conversation about student journalism, media literacy, and the function of the media as the Fourth Estate in a democracy, an instructor might ask what the role of a student paper should be?
—Joshua Finnell, JSTOR Daily, 1 Oct. 2025
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Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
Other Western democracies experience polarization and political turmoil, too, yet do not experience this problem.
—Garret Martin, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
In the years after the fall of the wall, dozens of nations in eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Asia embraced constitutional democracy.
—Richard Stengel, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
To facilitate a broader reflective conversation about student journalism, media literacy, and the function of the media as the Fourth Estate in a democracy, an instructor might ask what the role of a student paper should be?
—Joshua Finnell, JSTOR Daily, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for democracy
republic
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In his mind, the army was not a caste apart but an instrument of the republic – an arena in which self-command and civic virtue were tested.—
Maurizio Valsania,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
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As in neighboring Ukraine and in Georgia, another former Soviet republic, the struggle between Russia’s steel embrace and a future closer to Europe will continue.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Democracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/democracy. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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