Phrase Hound found 32 phrases and 28 compound words that contain democracy. The most common are listed below. Open democracy in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 32
- representative democracyA form of government where the people elect representatives who, on their behalf, propose and approve laws and administer the government.
- liberal democracyA political ideology supporting competitive multiparty elections and majority rule constrained by minority rights.
- social democracyA moderate left-wing political philosophy or ideology that aims to achieve socialist (socialistic) goals within a democratic society and a liberal democracy such as by means of a strong welfare state and nationalisation of private industry.
- direct democracyA form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly, without electing representatives.
- arsenal of democracyThe United States of America, as supplier of extensive materiel support to U.S. allies during World War II; or post-war U.S. as the manufacturer and possessor of the greatest quantity of advanced military weaponry in the world, in the …
- pro-democracyIn favor of democracy.
- Christian democracyAlternative letter-case form of Christian Democracy.
- participatory democracyA form of government in which citizens participate individually and directly in political decisions and policies affecting their lives, rather than through elected representatives.
- media democracyA system of government in which the populace votes but the media hold power through influence.
- post-democracyA society where democratic procedure is only superficially relevant.
- liquid democracya form of democracy where the electorate may choose to either vote directly or vest their voting power on delegates, and can withdraw their power from these delegates at any time.
- popular democracya form of governance emphasizing direct citizen empowerment, popular will, and active participation over traditional, representative institutions
- grassroots democracyThe political processes which are driven by groups of ordinary citizens, as opposed to larger organizations or wealthy individuals with concentrated vested interests in particular policies.
- people's democracyA theoretical concept within Marxism-Leninism and a form of government in communist states which developed after World War II and in theory allowed for a multi-class, multi-party democracy on the pathway to socialism, rather than a pure …
- anti-democracyAlternative form of antidemocracy: Opposed to democracy.
- e-democracydemocracy managed or attained by means of computer networks
- fax democracyThe situation where the non-European Union members of the European Economic Area have agreed to enact legislation similar to that passed in the EU in certain areas of law.
- nuclear democracyThe idea that there is no real distinction between composite and elementary particles.
- pure democracySynonym of direct democracy: A form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly, without electing representatives.
- indirect democracySynonym of representative democracy: A form of government where the people elect representatives who, on their behalf, propose and approve laws and administer the government.
- protected democracyAn antisocialist government that allows suffrage but places sovereignty in the army.
- pseudo-democracyAlternative spelling of pseudodemocracy: A government that holds elections but restricts civil liberties.
- dictatorship of democracySynonym of protected democracy: An antisocialist government that allows suffrage but places sovereignty in the army.
- democracy sausageA sausage cooked and eaten as part of the Australian tradition of holding a fundraising sausage sizzle at polling places on the day of an election.
- Tory DemocracySynonym of one-nation conservatism: A pragmatic paternalistic form of conservatism, conscious of working-class issues.
Compound words 28
- pseudodemocracyA government that holds elections but restricts civil liberties.
- plutodemocracyA deceptive pseudodemocratic government that is in fact a hypercapitalist plutocracy.
- dumbocracyA democracy, particularly an ineffective or dysfunctional one.
- antidemocracyOpposed to democracy.
- aristodemocracyA form of government in which power is shared between the people and the aristocracy.
- democratatorshipA dictatorship which pretends to be a democracy.
- nondemocracyAny political system that is not democratic.
- socdemSocial democracy.
- democracideThe stopping or hindering of democracy.
- democrazyA democratic system or state considered to be inauthentic or inherently flawed; democracy that has descended into corruption, injustice, or absurdity.