(countable) A state with a democratic system of government.
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The United States was founded as a republic, not a democracy.
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2018 March, Yascha Mounk, “America Is Not a Democracy”, in The Atlantic:
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Israel is not a democracy, as these elections proved once again. Democracy is the rule of the people, not the rule of one people over another.
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2019 April 28, Hagai El-Ad, “What kind of democracy deports human rights workers?”, in Yoni Molad, transl., +972 Magazine[1]:
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After almost four decades of authoritarian rule, South Africa became a democracy in April 1994.
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2002, Victor G. Hilliard, “The Role of Human Resource Development in South African Public Service Reform”, in Administrative Reform in Developing Nations, Praeger, page 179: