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
The capstone of the strong transition to democracy was the election of Kim Dae-Jung as president in 1998.
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Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
In the case of women’s football, where archives have been reliant on oral history due to a lack of resources, fact-checking is a matter of democracy.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Most large platforms optimize their designs for profit, not community or democracy.
—Lisa Schirch, The Conversation, 7 July 2025
Your bombastic attacks on the free press are, at best, unflattering — and at worst, undermine a core tenet of democracy.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
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Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
In the case of women’s football, where archives have been reliant on oral history due to a lack of resources, fact-checking is a matter of democracy.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Most large platforms optimize their designs for profit, not community or democracy.
—Lisa Schirch, The Conversation, 7 July 2025
Your bombastic attacks on the free press are, at best, unflattering — and at worst, undermine a core tenet of democracy.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for democracy
republic
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The ignorant need cultural immersion at the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora, which tells the story of those who fled the Cuban island that went from a free, prosperous republic to an oppressive, impoverished dictatorship within a single generation.—
Luka Ladan,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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France has meandered through five republics and two empires.—
The Editors,
National Review,
4 July 2025
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“Democracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/democracy. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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