democracy

democracy is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 21 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.
2. noun. 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. noun. Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government.
4. noun. The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called.
5. noun. the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
6. noun. the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
7. noun. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

   Synonyms: commonwealth, republic

Synonyms

commonwealth, republic

Common word forms

democracies

Words from these letters

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