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Etymology
, from, from , ultimately from. First used in 's Chinese translation of 's , as the morphological, and innovatively semantic, antonym of, despite the fact that 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 were synonyms. Later Chinese, Japanese and Korean publications consistently used for, until it was ultimately settled in the late 20th century that  should be used for , while   for republic. Erroneously interpreted by modern communists as "the people take charge."

Adjective

 * 1) democratic

Noun

 * 1) democracy