Democracy Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Democracy

justice
All races and religions include a definition of justice in their codes of law and conduct. Justice is, in fact, the glue that holds societies together.
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commonwealth
(Australia) Australia, the Commonwealth of Australia, often referring to its federal government.
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freedom of speech
The right to express any opinion in public without censorship or restraint by the government, protected in the United States as a right under the First Amendment to the US Constitution.
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equalitarianism
Egalitarianism.
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constitutional government
Government through representation
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government by the people
Government through representation
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republic
The form of government of such a state or nation
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majority-rule
A doctrine by which a numerical majority of an organized group holds the power to make decisions binding on all in the group.
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direct democracy
Government through representation
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tyranny-of-the-majority
(Politics) A situation in which a government or other authority democratically supported by a majority of its subjects makes policies or takes actions benefiting that majority, without regard for the rights or welfare of the rest of its subjects.
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laissez-faire
(Economics) A policy of governmental non-interference in economic affairs.
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individual enterprise
A way of life providing extensive personal rights
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freedom of religion
The right, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, to choose religious practices or to abstain from any without government intervention.
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social equality
A way of life providing extensive personal rights
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rugged individualism
A way of life providing extensive personal rights
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the American Way
A way of life providing extensive personal rights
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representative-government
An electoral system where citizens vote to elect people to represent their interests and concerns. Those elected meet to debate and make laws on behalf of the whole community or society, instead of the people voting directly on laws and other debates.
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the greatest good for the greatest number
A way of life providing extensive personal rights
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equality before the law
The doctrine that all persons, regardless of wealth, social status, or the political power wielded by them, are to be treated the same before the law.
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egalitarianism
The political doctrine that holds that all people in a society should have equal rights from birth.
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republicanism
Adherence to these
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constitutionalism
Philosophical belief in government under a written constitution.
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popular government
Government through representation
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self-government
Self-government is the rule of a state, community or other group by its members.
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popular suffrage
A way of life providing extensive personal rights
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parliamentarianism
A way of life providing extensive personal rights
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freedom of the press
The right, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution to publish and distribute information in books, magazines, and newspapers without government intervention.
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the right to work
A way of life providing extensive personal rights
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emancipation
The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence
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political equality
A way of life providing extensive personal rights
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democratic spirit
A way of life providing extensive personal rights
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the Four Freedoms
A way of life providing extensive personal rights
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Antonyms for Democracy

autocracy
A country with this kind of government
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dictatorship
The definition of a dictatorship is an office or government under absolute control of one person.
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communism
Any political social system that implements a communist political philosophy.
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feudalism
The economic, political, and social system in medieval Europe, in which land, worked by serfs who were bound to it, was held by vassals in exchange for military and other services given to overlords
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Words Related to Democracy

equality
(Uncountable) The fact of being equal.
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freedom
The condition of not being constrained or restricted in a specific aspect of life by a government or other power:
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government
The agency or apparatus through which a governing individual or body functions and exercises authority.
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capitalism
(Countable) a specific variation or implementation of either such socio-economic system.
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social justice
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unity
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civil-society
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socialism
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socialist
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rule of law
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political
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  • 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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