Transcription
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- [nohn ohb-stahn-te dih-mok-ruh-see]
- /noʊn oʊbˈstɑn tɛ dɪˈmɒk rə si/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [nohn ohb-stahn-te dih-mok-ruh-see]
- /noʊn oʊbˈstɑn tɛ dɪˈmɒk rə si/
Definitions of non-democracy word
- noun plural non-democracy government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. 1
- noun plural non-democracy a state having such a form of government: The United States and Canada are democracies. 1
- noun plural non-democracy a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges. 1
- noun plural non-democracy political or social equality; democratic spirit. 1
- noun plural non-democracy the common people of a community as distinguished from any privileged class; the common people with respect to their political power. 1
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Origin of non-democracy
First appearance:
before 1525 One of the 28% oldest English words
1525-35; < Middle French démocratie < Late Latin dēmocratia < Greek dēmokratía popular government, equivalent to dēmo- demo- + -kratia -cracy
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Parts of speech for Non-democracy
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
non-democracy popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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