English-Thai Dictionary

democracy

N การปกครอง แบบ ประชาธิปไตย  ระบอบประชาธิปไตย  ประเทศ ที่ ปกครอง ด้วย ระบอบ ประชา ธป ไต ย  republic commonwealth kan-pok-krong-baeb-pra-cha-tib-pa-tai

 

democracy

N ประชาธิปไตย  ความเป็นประชาธิปไตย  citizentry egalitarianism pra-cha-tib-pa-tai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEMOCRACY

n.[Gr. People, and to possess, to govern. ] Government by the people; a form of government, in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the people collectively, or in which the people exercise the powers of legislation. Such was the government of Athens.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEMOCRACY

De *moc "ra *cy, n.; pl. Democracies. Etym: [F. démocratie, fr. Gr. dhmokrati `a; dh ^mos the people + kratei ^n to be strong, to rule, kra `tos strength. ]

 

1. Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.

 

2. Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic.

 

3. Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government. Milton.

 

4. The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called. [U.S.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

democracy

de moc ra cy |diˈmäkrəsē dəˈmɑkrəsi | ▶noun ( pl. democracies ) a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives: capitalism and democracy are ascendant in the third world. • a state governed in such a way: a multiparty democracy. • control of an organization or group by the majority of its members: the intended extension of industrial democracy. • the practice or principles of social equality: demands for greater democracy. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French démocratie, via late Latin from Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos ‘the people ’ + -kratia ‘power, rule. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

democracy

democracy |dɪˈmɒkrəsi | ▶noun ( pl. democracies ) [ mass noun ] a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives: a system of parliamentary democracy. • [ count noun ] a state governed under a system of democracy: a multiparty democracy. • control of an organization or group by the majority of its members: the intended extension of industrial democracy. • the practice or principles of social equality: demands for greater democracy. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French démocratie, via late Latin from Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos ‘the people ’ + -kratia ‘power, rule ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

democracy

democracy noun freedom of speech is essential to democracy: representative government, elective government; self-government, government by the people; republic, commonwealth. ANTONYMS dictatorship.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

democracy

democracy noun representative government, elective government, constitutional government, popular government; self-government, government by the people, autonomy; republic, commonwealth. ANTONYMS tyranny; dictatorship.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

democracy

de moc ra cy /dɪmɑ́krəsi |-mɔ́k -/ (! 強勢は第2音節 ) 〖demo (民衆による )cracy (政治 )〗(名 )democrat, (形 )democratic 名詞 複 -cies /-z /1 U 民主主義 , 民主制, 民主政治 ▸ the principles of democracy 民主主義の原則 ▸ parliamentary democracy 議会制民主主義 2 C 民主主義国 , 民主社会 ▸ new democracies of Eastern Europe 東欧の新興民主主義諸国 3 U 社会的 [政治的 ]平等 ; 民主的考え ▸ democracy in the free market 自由市場における平等主義 4 〖the ～〗(特権階級に対して )民衆, 庶民 .