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