Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.
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Democracy
//dɪˈmɒk.ɹə.si//
Synonyms for "democracy" (83 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (41)
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3 entriesSynonyms
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3 entriesdefined as
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52 entriesShowing 16 of 52 words.
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1 entrieshas context
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1 entriesis a
7 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
45 entriesShowing 16 of 45 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
286 translations across 132 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- demokrasie noun (rule by the people)
- demokrasie noun (government under the rule of its people)
Albanian
4 entries- demokraci noun (rule by the people)
- demokraci noun (government under the rule of its people)
- demokracia noun (rule by the people)
- demokracia noun (government under the rule of its people)
Amharic
1 entries- ዴሞክራሲ noun (rule by the people)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- δημοκρατία noun (rule by the people)
- δημοκρατία noun (government under the rule of its people)
Arabic
3 entries- ديموقراطية noun (government under the rule of its people)
- دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة noun (rule by the people)
- دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة noun (government under the rule of its people)
Aragonese
1 entries- democrazia noun (government under the rule of its people)
Armenian
4 entries- դեմոկրատիա noun (rule by the people)
- դեմոկրատիա noun (government under the rule of its people)
- ժողովրդավարություն noun (rule by the people)
- ժողովրդավարություն noun (government under the rule of its people)
Aromanian
4 entries- dimucratsia noun (rule by the people)
- dimucratsia noun (government under the rule of its people)
- dimucratsie noun (rule by the people)
- dimucratsie noun (government under the rule of its people)
Assamese
1 entries- গণতন্ত্ৰ noun (rule by the people)
Asturian
2 entries- democracia noun (rule by the people)
- democracia noun (government under the rule of its people)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- demokrasi noun (rule by the people)
- demokrasi noun (government under the rule of its people)
- demokratiya noun (rule by the people)
- demokratiya noun (government under the rule of its people)
Bashkir
2 entries- демократия noun (rule by the people)
- демократия noun (government under the rule of its people)
Basque
1 entries- demokrazia noun (rule by the people)
Belarusian
3 entries- дэмакра́тыя noun (rule by the people)
- дэмакра́тыя noun (government under the rule of its people)
- народаўла́ддзе noun (rule by the people)
Bengali
2 entries- গণতন্ত্র noun (rule by the people)
- গণতন্ত্র noun (government under the rule of its people)
Breton
1 entries- demokratelezh noun (government under the rule of its people)
Bulgarian
3 entries- демокра́ция noun (rule by the people)
- демокра́ция noun (government under the rule of its people)
- народовла́стие noun (rule by the people)
Burmese
1 entries- ဒီမိုကရေစီ noun (rule by the people)
Buryat
2 entries- арадшалал noun (rule by the people)
- демократи noun (rule by the people)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- демокра́ція noun (rule by the people)
Catalan
2 entries- democràcia noun (rule by the people)
- democràcia noun (government under the rule of its people)
Cebuano
1 entries- demokrasya noun (government under the rule of its people)
Central Atlas Tamazight
1 entries- ⵜⵓⴳⴷⵓⵜ noun (rule by the people)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- دیموکراتیەت noun (rule by the people)
Central Melanau
1 entries- demokrasi noun (rule by the people)
Chechen
1 entries- демократи noun (rule by the people)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 民主 noun (rule by the people)
- 民主主義 /民主主义 noun (rule by the people)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 得莫克拉西 noun (rule by the people)
- 民主 noun (rule by the people)
- 民主 noun (government under the rule of its people)
- 民主主義 /民主主义 noun (rule by the people)
Chuvash
1 entries- демократи noun (rule by the people)
Cornish
2 entries- demokratieth noun (rule by the people)
- gwerinieth noun (rule by the people)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- demokratiya noun (rule by the people)
Czech
2 entries- demokracie noun (rule by the people)
- demokracie noun (government under the rule of its people)
Danish
2 entries- demokrati noun (rule by the people)
- demokrati noun (government under the rule of its people)
Dhivehi
2 entries- ޑިމޮކްރަސީ noun (rule by the people)
- ޑިމޮކްރަސީ noun (government under the rule of its people)
Dinka
1 entries- agɛmkɔckedhiɛ noun (rule by the people)
Dutch
2 entries- democratie noun (rule by the people)
- democratie noun (government under the rule of its people)
Esperanto
3 entries- demokratia ŝtatformo noun (government under the rule of its people)
- demokratio noun (rule by the people)
- demokratio noun (government under the rule of its people)
Estonian
2 entries- demokraatia noun (rule by the people)
- demokraatia noun (government under the rule of its people)
Faroese
1 entries- fólkaræði noun (rule by the people)
Finnish
3 entries- demokratia noun (rule by the people)
- demokratia noun (government under the rule of its people)
- kansanvalta noun (rule by the people)
French
2 entries- démocratie noun (rule by the people)
- démocratie noun (government under the rule of its people)
Galician
1 entries- democracia noun (rule by the people)
Georgian
2 entries- დემოკრატია noun (rule by the people)
- დემოკრატია noun (government under the rule of its people)
German
3 entries- Demokratie noun (rule by the people)
- Demokratie noun (government under the rule of its people)
- Volksherrschaft noun (rule by the people)
Greek
2 entries- δημοκρατία noun (rule by the people)
- δημοκρατία noun (government under the rule of its people)
Greenlandic
1 entries- demokrati noun (rule by the people)
Gujarati
2 entries- પ્રજાતંત્ર noun (rule by the people)
- લોકશાહી noun (rule by the people)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- demokrasi noun (government under the rule of its people)
Hausa
3 entries- dimokuraɗiyya noun (rule by the people)
- dimokuraɗiyya noun (rule by the people)
- dimokuraɗiyya noun (government under the rule of its people)
Hebrew
2 entries- דֵּמוֹקְרַטְיָה noun (rule by the people)
- דֵּמוֹקְרַטְיָה noun (government under the rule of its people)
Hindi
4 entries- जनतंत्र noun (rule by the people)
- जम्हूरियत noun (rule by the people)
- प्रजातंत्र noun (rule by the people)
- लोकतंत्र noun (rule by the people)
Hungarian
2 entries- demokrácia noun (rule by the people)
- demokrácia noun (government under the rule of its people)
Icelandic
2 entries- lýðræði noun (rule by the people)
- lýðræði noun (government under the rule of its people)
Ido
1 entries- demokratio noun (rule by the people)
Indonesian
2 entries- demokrasi noun (rule by the people)
- demokrasi noun (government under the rule of its people)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- دِموکْراسی noun (rule by the people)
- دِموکْراسی noun (government under the rule of its people)
- مَرْدُمسالاری noun (rule by the people)
- مَرْدُمسالاری noun (government under the rule of its people)
Irish
2 entries- daonlathas noun (rule by the people)
- daonlathas noun (government under the rule of its people)
Italian
2 entries- democrazia noun (rule by the people)
- democrazia noun (government under the rule of its people)
Japanese
4 entries- デモクラシー noun (rule by the people)
- 民主 noun (rule by the people)
- 民主 noun (government under the rule of its people)
- 民主主義 noun (rule by the people)
Kalmyk
2 entries- демократь noun (rule by the people)
- демократь noun (government under the rule of its people)
Kannada
1 entries- ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ noun (rule by the people)
Kazakh
2 entries- демократия noun (rule by the people)
- халық билігі noun (rule by the people)
Khmer
1 entries- ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ noun (rule by the people)
Korean
4 entries- 데모크라시 noun (rule by the people)
- 민주 noun (rule by the people)
- 민주 noun (government under the rule of its people)
- 민주 정체 noun (government under the rule of its people)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- демократия noun (rule by the people)
- элбийлик noun (rule by the people)
Ladino
1 entries- demokrasia noun (rule by the people)
Lao
1 entries- ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ noun (rule by the people)
Latin
4 entries- dēmocratia noun (rule by the people)
- dēmocratia noun (government under the rule of its people)
- imperium populī noun (rule by the people)
- imperium populī noun (government under the rule of its people)
Latvian
2 entries- demokrātija noun (rule by the people)
- demokrātija noun (government under the rule of its people)
Ligurian
1 entries- democraçîa noun (rule by the people)
Lithuanian
2 entries- demokratija noun (rule by the people)
- demokratija noun (government under the rule of its people)
Macedonian
2 entries- демокра́тија noun (rule by the people)
- демокра́тија noun (government under the rule of its people)
Malay
2 entries- demokrasi noun (rule by the people)
- demokrasi noun (government under the rule of its people)
Malayalam
2 entries- ജനാധിപത്യം noun (rule by the people)
- ജനാധിപത്യം noun (government under the rule of its people)
Maltese
2 entries- demokrazija noun (rule by the people)
- demokrazija noun (government under the rule of its people)
Manx
1 entries- deynlaght noun (rule by the people)
Marathi
2 entries- लोकशाही noun (rule by the people)
- लोकशाही noun (government under the rule of its people)
Mongolian
2 entries- ардчилал noun (rule by the people)
- ᠠᠷᠠᠳᠴᠢᠯᠠᠯ noun (rule by the people)
Moore
1 entries- nin-bui-naam noun (rule by the people)
Māori
1 entries- kāwanatanga manapori noun (government under the rule of its people)
Nepali
2 entries- प्रजातन्त्र noun (rule by the people)
- लोकतन्त्र noun (rule by the people)
Norman
2 entries- démocratie noun (rule by the people)
- démocratie noun (government under the rule of its people)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- demokrasî noun (rule by the people)
- demokrasî noun (government under the rule of its people)
Northern Sami
4 entries- demokratiija noun (rule by the people)
- demokratiija noun (government under the rule of its people)
- álbmotstivra noun (rule by the people)
- álbmotstivra noun (government under the rule of its people)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- demokrati noun (rule by the people)
- demokrati noun (government under the rule of its people)
- folkestyre noun (rule by the people)
- folkestyre noun (government under the rule of its people)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- demokrati noun (rule by the people)
- demokrati noun (government under the rule of its people)
- folkestyre noun (rule by the people)
- folkestyre noun (government under the rule of its people)
Occitan
1 entries- democracia noun (rule by the people)
Odia
1 entries- ଗଣତନ୍ତ୍ର noun (rule by the people)
Pali
2 entries- lokādhipateyya noun (rule by the people)
- pajādhipateyya noun (rule by the people)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- демократия noun (rule by the people)
- демократия noun (government under the rule of its people)
Pashto
4 entries- دموکراسي noun (rule by the people)
- ولسواله noun (rule by the people)
- ولسواکي noun (rule by the people)
- ډېموکراسي noun (rule by the people)
Polish
3 entries- demokracja noun (rule by the people)
- demokracja noun (government under the rule of its people)
- ludowładztwo noun (rule by the people)
Portuguese
2 entries- democracia noun (rule by the people)
- democracia noun (government under the rule of its people)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਜਮਹੂਰੀਅਤ noun (rule by the people)
- ਲੋਕਰਾਜ noun (rule by the people)
Romanian
2 entries- democrație noun (rule by the people)
- democrație noun (government under the rule of its people)
Russian
3 entries- демокра́тия noun (rule by the people)
- демокра́тия noun (government under the rule of its people)
- народовла́стие noun (rule by the people)
S'gaw Karen
1 entries- ဒံၣ်မိၣ်ခြ့ၣ်စံၣ် noun (rule by the people)
Samogitian
1 entries- demuokratėjė noun (government under the rule of its people)
Sanskrit
1 entries- लोकतंत्र noun (rule by the people)
Scots
1 entries- democracie noun (rule by the people)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- daonfhlaitheas noun (rule by the people)
- daonfhlaitheas noun (government under the rule of its people)
- sluagh-fhlaitheas noun (government under the rule of its people)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- demokrácija noun (rule by the people)
- demokrácija noun (government under the rule of its people)
- demokrátija noun (rule by the people)
- demokrátija noun (government under the rule of its people)
Shan
2 entries- တီႇမူဝ်ႇၶရေႇသီႇ noun (rule by the people)
- တီႇမူဝ်ႇၶရေႇသီႇ noun (government under the rule of its people)
Sicilian
1 entries- dimucrazzìa noun (government under the rule of its people)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදය noun (rule by the people)
Slovak
1 entries- demokracia noun (rule by the people)
Slovene
2 entries- demokracija noun (rule by the people)
- demokracija noun (government under the rule of its people)
Somali
1 entries- dimoqraadi noun (rule by the people)
Sotho
1 entries- demokrasi noun (rule by the people)
Spanish
2 entries- democracia noun (rule by the people)
- democracia noun (government under the rule of its people)
Sranan Tongo
2 entries- demokrâsia noun (rule by the people)
- demokrâsia noun (government under the rule of its people)
Swahili
2 entries- demokrasia noun (rule by the people)
- demokrasia noun (government under the rule of its people)
Swedish
3 entries- demokrati noun (rule by the people)
- demokrati noun (government under the rule of its people)
- folkstyre noun (rule by the people)
Tagalog
3 entries- demokrasya noun (rule by the people)
- demokrasya noun (government under the rule of its people)
- madlakasan noun (rule by the people)
Tajik
3 entries- демократия noun (rule by the people)
- демукросӣ noun (rule by the people)
- мардумсолорӣ noun (rule by the people)
Tamil
4 entries- ஜனநாயகம் noun (rule by the people)
- ஜனநாயகம் noun (government under the rule of its people)
- மக்களாட்சி noun (rule by the people)
- மக்களாட்சி noun (government under the rule of its people)
Tatar
1 entries- демократия noun (rule by the people)
Telugu
2 entries- ప్రజాస్వామ్యం noun (rule by the people)
- ప్రజాస్వామ్యం noun (government under the rule of its people)
Thai
1 entries- ประชาธิปไตย noun (rule by the people)
Tibetan
1 entries- དམངས་གཙོའི་རིང་ལུགས noun (rule by the people)
Tigrinya
2 entries- ደሞክራሲ noun (rule by the people)
- ዲሞክራሲ noun (rule by the people)
Turkish
2 entries- demokrasi noun (rule by the people)
- el erki noun (rule by the people)
Turkmen
3 entries- demokratiýa noun (rule by the people)
- demokratsiýa noun (rule by the people)
- halkçylyk noun (rule by the people)
Ukrainian
3 entries- демокра́тія noun (rule by the people)
- демокра́тія noun (government under the rule of its people)
- народовла́ддя noun (rule by the people)
Urdu
4 entries- جَمْہُورِیَت noun (rule by the people)
- جَمْہُورِیَت noun (government under the rule of its people)
- لوک شاہی noun (rule by the people)
- لوک شاہی noun (government under the rule of its people)
Uyghur
2 entries- خەلقچىلىق noun (rule by the people)
- دېموكراتىيە noun (rule by the people)
Uzbek
2 entries- demokratiya noun (rule by the people)
- xalq hokimiyati noun (rule by the people)
Vietnamese
2 entries- dân chủ noun (rule by the people)
- dân chủ noun (government under the rule of its people)
Volapük
1 entries- demokrat noun (rule by the people)
Welsh
2 entries- democratiaeth noun (rule by the people)
- democratiaeth noun (government under the rule of its people)
Yiddish
1 entries- דעמאָקראַציע noun (rule by the people)
Zhuang
1 entries- minzcuj noun (rule by the people)
Sample sentences
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We believe in democracy.
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We live in a society of democracy.
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