democracy
(noun)
noun
1. the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
Definition categories: thought, ideology
2. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Similar word(s): commonwealth, republic
Definition categories: group
3. the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
Definition categories: thought, doctrine, ism, philosophy