democracy
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Sense: Government through representation
Synonyms:
popular government, republic, commonwealth, representative government, constitutional government, direct democracy, government by the people, self-government, majority rule, tyranny of the majority, government Collocations
Antonyms:
dictatorship, monarchy, oligarchy, totalitarianism, feudalism, autocracy, martial law, despotism
Sense: A way of life providing extensive personal rights
Synonyms:
justice Collocations, the greatest good for the greatest number, equality before the law, popular suffrage, equalitarianism, egalitarianism, republicanism, constitutionalism, parliamentarianism, individual enterprise, laissez faire, rugged individualism, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right to work, emancipation, political equality, democratic spirit, social equality, the Four Freedoms, the American Way, capitalism, equality Collocations, freedom Collocations, liberty, human rights, civil liberties, personal freedoms
Antonyms:
tyranny, Big Brother, oppression, inequality Collocations, injustice, dystopia, autocracy, dictatorship, totalitarianism, despotism