| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 1,773,600,934 visitors served. |
|
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
Democracy |
Also found in: Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson | 0.02 sec. |
|
DEMOCRACY, government. That form of government in which the sovereign power is exercised by the people in a body, as was the practice in some of the states of Ancient Greece; the term representative democracy has been given to a republican government like that of the United States. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| ? Mentioned in | ? References in periodicals archive | |
|---|---|---|
As proponents of consociationalism tell us, full majoritarian democracy may not be realistic in deeply divided societies in which minorities are unwilling to submit themselves to the will of the majority, but consociationalism may equally be unviable if majorities see it as a way of perpetuating imperial rule by using relatively small majorities to thwart national independence. These doubts are understandable, especially when seen in the context of a majoritarian democracy, and of the raw power and influence applied by an unprincipled postmodernism that ostensibly constitutes a dominion of might that cannot be defeated. |
| Legal Dictionary |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|---|