Definitions of democracy

1. Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.

2. Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government.

3. The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called.

4. Government by the people; practical or social equality opposed to aristocracy; as, the world must be safe for democracy: Democracy, the Democratic party or its principles.

5. A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people collectively.

6. Government in which the supreme power resides in the people.

7. Government directly by the people; the mass of the people.

8. U. S. Polit. The policy of the Democratic party; Democrats collectively.

9. Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is exercised by the people collectively.

10. A form of government in which the supreme power is directly or indirectly lodged in the hands of the people; the principles of the democratic party in the United States.