Democracy Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-mŏkrə-sē
Government through representation
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. commonwealth
  2. republic
  3. majority-rule
  4. popular government
  5. representative-government
  6. constitutional government
  7. direct democracy
  8. government by the people
  9. self-government
  10. equality
  11. tyranny-of-the-majority
  12. freedom
Antonyms:
  1. communism
A way of life providing extensive personal rights
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. justice
  2. the greatest good for the greatest number
  3. equality before the law
  4. popular suffrage
  5. equalitarianism
  6. egalitarianism
  7. republicanism
  8. constitutionalism
  9. parliamentarianism
  10. individual enterprise
  11. laissez-faire
  12. rugged individualism
  13. freedom of religion
  14. freedom of speech
  15. freedom of the press
  16. the right to work
  17. emancipation
  18. political equality
  19. democratic spirit
  20. social equality
  21. the Four Freedoms
  22. the American Way
Antonyms:
  1. autocracy
  2. dictatorship
  3. feudalism

Words Related to Democracy

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Democracy Sentence Examples

  • We welcome new members to join in the fight for a liberal democracy.

  • There is an increasing feeling of democracy in the country.

  • We use democracy as a method of selecting representatives.

  • In point of fact, bourgeois democracy is the political formula for free trade, nothing more.

  • Is a democracy, such as we know it, the last improvement possible in government?

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