Usually means: Government by the people, elected.
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We found 45 dictionaries that define the word democracy:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. democracy: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. democracy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. democracy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. democracy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. democracy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Democracy, democracy: Wordnik
  7. democracy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Democracy, democracy: Wiktionary
  9. democracy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. democracy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. democracy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. democracy: Dictionary.com
  13. democracy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. democracy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Democracy (Judge Dredd storyline), Democracy (Numb3rs), Democracy (Numbers), Democracy (album), Democracy (disambiguation), Democracy (film), Democracy (game), Democracy (journal), Democracy (novel), Democracy (play), Democracy (varieties), Democracy (video game), Democracy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Democracy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. democracy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. democracy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. democracy: Free Dictionary
  20. democracy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. democracy: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  22. democracy: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. democracy: Rhymezone
  24. democracy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  25. Democracy: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. democracy: Global Glossary

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  2. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. democracy: Glossary of research economics
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. Democracy: Legal dictionary
  7. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. democracy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. democracy: Political
  2. Democracy: Africa Glossary
  3. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
  4. democracy: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  5. Sociology (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

(Note: See democracies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).
noun:  (countable, government) A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.
noun:  (countable) A state with a democratic system of government.
noun:  (uncountable) Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".
noun:  (obsolete, US) Democratic Party

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