demokratia

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demokrasi
Finnisch - Englisch
democracy

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. - Demokratia on kuin kaksi sutta ja lammas äänestämässä siitä, mitä syödä lounaaksi.

Spain has been a democracy since 1975. - Vuodesta 1975 lähtien Espanja on ollut demokratia.

Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy)

Everyone who wanted to speak did so. It was democracy in its purest form.

The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called
A form of government in which the citizens share the power
Participation by the mass of people in the decisions that shape their lives; government by majority rule, with recognition of the rights of minorities; freedom of speech, press, and assembly; freedom to form opposition political parties and to run for office; commitment to individual dignity and to equal opportunities for people to develop their full potential
a form of government in which groups of people, commonly known as ‘political parties’, compete to offer the most inspiring false promises
{i} government run by the people of the country; country with such a government; society characterized by equal rights and privileges
- a system of government in which people cast votes for elected representatives in a multi-party election It comes from the Greek word "demos", meaning "people " Canada has a democratic political system
Democracy is a system of running organizations, businesses, and groups in which each member is entitled to vote and take part in decisions. the union's emphasis on industrial democracy. Form of government in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodic free elections. In a direct democracy, the public participates in government directly (as in some ancient Greek city-states, some New England town meetings, and some cantons in modern Switzerland). Most democracies today are representative. The concept of representative democracy arose largely from ideas and institutions that developed during the European Middle Ages and the Enlightenment and in the American and French Revolutions. Democracy has come to imply universal suffrage, competition for office, freedom of speech and the press, and the rule of (Hukuk) See also republic. Christian Democracy parliamentary democracy social democracy
a democratic country has a government which has been freely elected by the people Adults vote at an election for the government of their choice
Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly, as in Ancient Greece, or through elected representatives as in many modern societies (representative democracy)
Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government
Greek: Demos (the people) Kratos (authority) System of government in which ultimate political power rests with a nation's population at large Citizens have the right to participate in political decision-making Democracy is not an Ideology, but rather an ideal that can be reached or embodied by various institutional arrangements according to one's ideological conception of Freedom, Participation, Rights, etc
Democracy is a system of government in which people choose their rulers by voting for them in elections. the spread of democracy in Eastern Europe. the pro-democracy movement
the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
Literally, the term means power of the people (combining the Greek words demos, meaning "the people," and kratien, meaning "to rule") It is usually used to describe a political system where the legitimacy of exercising power stems from the consent of the people Accordingly, a democratic polity is often identified by the existence of constitutional government, where the power of the leaders is checked and restrained; representative institutions based on free elections, which provide a procedural framework for the delegation of power by the people; competitive parties, in which the ruling majority respects and guarantees the rights of minrities; and civil liberties, such as freedoms of speech, press, association, and religion
- a system of government in which political authority is held by the people; typically feature constitutional governments where the majority rules, a belief in individual liberty and in equal rights for all people, freedom of expression, political freedom, and freedom of choice
You have two cows The government taxes you to the point that you must first milk the cows, convert the milk to cheese, then sell all the cheese to pay taxes, then sell them both in order to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow, which was a gift from your government
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"Government by the people; political and social equality in general " New American Webster Dictionary 1972
a way of governing a country in which the people elect representatives to form a government on their behalf a country with such a government the idea that everyone in a country has equal rights