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democracy
adjectives
a parliamentary democracy
(= one with an elected parliament )
• Britain is a parliamentary democracy.
a multiparty democracy
(= with a number of political parties )
• It is one of the few countries in the area that is a true multiparty democracy.
a Western democracy
• The sanctions are supported by all the major Western democracies.
a new democracy
• They are facing many of the same problems that all new democracies experience.
an emerging/fledgling democracy
(= new )
• the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe
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noun ADJ. genuine, true | political | constitutional, parliamentary | multi-party | Western VERB + DEMOCRACY believe in, support people who believe in true democracy | fight for | establish | restore The military regime has promised to restore democracy soon. PREP. in a/the ~ We live in a multi-party democracy. PHRASES pro-democracy a pro-democracy demonstration in the capital | the road to democracy the need to overcome political apathy and advance on the road to democracy | the spread of democracy
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