Overdemocracy

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Excessive democracy. uncountable

    "Australia was a frontier society through and through. Thus, he said, its one major flaw was its overdemocracy. But as he argued in his closing words, overdemocracy was made up for by the heartiness and equality of the people and of the society they had made."

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"Australia was a frontier society through and through. Thus, he said, its one major flaw was its overdemocracy. But as he argued in his closing words, overdemocracy was made up for by the heartiness and equality of the people and of the society they had made."

Etymology

From over- + democracy.

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