democracy
suomi-englanti sanakirjademocracy englannista suomeksi
kansanvalta
demokratia
demokraattisuus
Substantiivi
democracy englanniksi
Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (democracy).
{{quote-book|en|year=1866|author=J. Arthur Partridge|title=On Democracy|publisher=Trübner & Co.|page=2
{{quote-text|en|year=1901|title=The American Historical Review|publisher=American Historical Association|page=260
{{quote-book|en|year=1921|author=James Bryce Bryce|title=Modern Democracies|publisher=The Macmillan Company|page=1
(RQ:Mandela Long Walk to Freedom)
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A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.
{{quote-journal|en|author=Edwin L. James|title=General Marshall Raises the Ideological Issue|journal=The New York Times|date=March 16 1947
{{quote-text|en|year=2003|author=Fareed Zakaria|title=The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad|page=13|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company
A state with a democratic system of government.
{{quote-journal|en|year=2018|author=Yascha Mounk|title=America Is Not a Democracy|journal=The Atlantic|month=March
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{{quote-book|en|year=2002|author=Victor G. Hilliard|chapter=The Role of Human Resource Development in South African Public Service Reform|title=Administrative Reform in Developing Nations|publisher=Praeger|page=179
Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".
{{quote-book|en|year=1918|author=Charles Horton Cooley|chapter=A Primary Culture for Democracy|title=Publications of the American Sociological Society 13|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=cvUZAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA8&dq=democracy|page=8
{{quote-book|en|year=1919|author=Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk|title=The Spirit of Russia: Studies in History, Literature and Philosophy|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=aLAcAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA446&dq=democracy|page=446|publisher=Macmillan
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