democracy

Etymology
From (French ), from, from.

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Noun

 * 1)  Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).
 * 2)  A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.
 * 3)  A state with a democratic system of government.
 * 4)  Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".
 * 1)  A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.
 * 2)  A state with a democratic system of government.
 * 3)  Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".
 * 1)  A state with a democratic system of government.
 * 2)  Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".
 * 1)  A state with a democratic system of government.
 * 2)  Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".
 * 1)  Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".
 * 1)  Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".
 * 1)  Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:, demokracia
 * Amharic: ዴሞክራሲ
 * Arabic: دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Aromanian: dimucratsii, dimucratsie, dimucrãtsii, dimucrãtsie, dimucratsia, dimucrãtsia
 * Assamese: গণতন্ত্ৰ
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bashkir: демократия
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: дэмакра́тыя, народаўла́ддзе
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Buryat: арадшалал, демократи
 * Carpathian Rusyn: демокра́ція
 * Catalan:
 * Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⵓⴳⴷⵓⵜ
 * Central Melanau: demokrasi
 * Chechen: демократи
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 民主, 民主主義
 * Mandarin:, , 得莫克拉西
 * Chuvash: демократи
 * Cornish: demokratieth, gwerinieth
 * Crimean Tatar: demokratiya
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dhivehi: ޑިމޮކްރަސީ
 * Dinka: agɛmkɔckedhiɛ
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: demokratio
 * Estonian: demokraatia
 * Faroese: fólkaræði
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: დემოკრატია
 * German:, Volksherrschaft
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δημοκρατία
 * Greenlandic: demokrati
 * Gujarati: લોકશાહી, પ્રજાતંત્ર
 * Hausa: dimokuraɗiyya, dimokuraɗiyya
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, जम्हूरियत, , , लोकशाही
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kalmyk: демократь
 * Kannada:
 * Kazakh:, халық билігі
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, 데모크라시 ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: دیموکراتیەت
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:, элбийлик
 * Ladino: demokrasia
 * Lao:
 * Latin: imperium populī,
 * Latvian: demokrātija
 * Ligurian: democraçîa
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: демокра́тија
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: demokrazija
 * Manx: deynlaght
 * Marathi: लोकशाही
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠠᠷᠠᠳᠴᠢᠯᠠᠯ
 * Moore: nin-bui-naam
 * Nepali: प्रजातन्त्र, लोकतन्त्र
 * Norman: démocratie
 * Northern Sami: demokratiija, álbmotstivra, álbmotváldi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, folkestyre
 * Nynorsk: demokrati, folkestyre
 * Occitan:
 * Odia:
 * Pali: pajādhipateyya, lokādhipateyya
 * Pashto:, ولسواله, ولسواکي,
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਲੋਕਰਾਜ, ਜਮਹੂਰੀਅਤ
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * S'gaw Karen: ဒံၣ်မိၣ်ခြ့ၣ်စံၣ်
 * Sanskrit: लोकतंत्र
 * Scots: democracie
 * Scottish Gaelic: daonfhlaitheas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: демокра́тија, демокра́ција
 * Roman: demokrátija ,
 * Shan: တီႇမူဝ်ႇၶရေႇသီႇ
 * Sinhalese:
 * Slovak: demokracia
 * Slovene:
 * Somali: dimoqraadi
 * Sotho:
 * Spanish:
 * Sranan Tongo: demokrâsia
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, folkstyre
 * Tagalog: madlakasan, demokrasya
 * Tajik:, мардумсолорӣ
 * Tamil: ,
 * Tatar: демократия
 * Telugu: ప్రజాస్వామ్యం
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: དམངས་གཙོའི་རིང་ལུགས
 * Tigrinya: ዲሞክራሲ, ደሞክራሲ
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: demokratiýa, demokratsiýa, halkçylyk
 * Ukrainian:, народовла́ддя
 * Urdu: جَمْہُورِیَت, لوک شاہی
 * Uyghur: دېموكراتىيە, خەلقچىلىق
 * Uzbek:, xalq hokimiyati
 * Vietnamese: (民主)
 * Volapük: ,
 * Welsh: democratiaeth
 * Yiddish: דעמאָקראַציע
 * Zhuang: minzcuj


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:, demokracia
 * Arabic: دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة
 * Egyptian Arabic: ديموقراطية
 * Aragonese: democrazia
 * Armenian: ,
 * Aromanian: dimucratsii, dimucratsie, dimucrãtsii, dimucrãtsie, dimucratsia, dimucrãtsia
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bashkir: демократия
 * Belarusian: дэмакра́тыя
 * Bengali:
 * Breton: demokratelezh
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: demokrasya
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dhivehi: ޑިމޮކްރަސީ
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: demokratia ŝtatformo, demokratio
 * Estonian: demokraatia
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: დემოკრატია
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δημοκρατία
 * Haitian Creole: demokrasi
 * Hausa: dimokuraɗiyya
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: stát daonlathach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kalmyk: демократь
 * Korean: 민주 정체(民主政體),
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Latin: imperium populī,
 * Latvian: demokrātija
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: демокра́тија
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: demokrazija
 * Marathi: लोकशाही
 * Norman: démocratie
 * Northern Sami: demokratiija, álbmotstivra, álbmotváldi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, folkestyre
 * Nynorsk: demokrati, folkestyre
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Samogitian: demuokratėjė
 * Scottish Gaelic: daonfhlaitheas, sluagh-fhlaitheas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: демокра́тија, демокра́ција
 * Roman: demokrátija ,
 * Shan: တီႇမူဝ်ႇၶရေႇသီႇ
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Sranan Tongo: demokrâsia
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: demokrasya
 * Tamil: ,
 * Telugu: ప్రజాస్వామ్యం
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: جَمْہُورِیَت, لوک شاہی
 * Vietnamese: (民主)
 * Welsh: democratiaeth