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# democracy

noun (democracy, democracies)

«democracy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Democracy is a way of running a country in which the people choose their leaders by voting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democracy/#m1)
2. A democracy is a country run in this way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democracy/#m2)
3. Democracy can mean fair decisions where everyone has an equal say, as in a class vote. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democracy/#m3)

### In the lessons

In citizenship and history lessons it is compared with kings and dictators; free elections, free speech and fair laws are parts of democracy. In class, voting for a class leader is a small democracy. Phrases: «live in a democracy», «a free democracy», «parliamentary democracy».

### Examples

- In a democracy, people vote for their leaders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democracy/#x1)
- The United States, Canada and Australia are democracies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democracy/#x2)
- Ancient Athens had an early form of democracy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democracy/#x3)
- Our class used democracy to choose the trip — we voted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democracy/#x4)
- Free speech is important in a democracy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democracy/#x5)
- 18 of 30 pupils voted for the zoo; is that more than half? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democracy/#x6)

### Note

Plural: democracies. Adjective: democratic. The word comes from Greek: demos = people, kratos = power. Maths in votes: a majority means more than half.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «democracy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/democracy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«democracy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/democracy.html) on Mova free.