Synonyms for democracy

Most common

republic · representative government · commonwealth

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Noun

Antonyms

dictatorship, autocracy, tyranny

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   Rule by the people, especially as a form of government, such as

Related words

Word family

democrat democratic

Phrases

protected democracy authoritarian democracy dictatorship of democracy direct democracy indirect democracy limited democracy pure democracy representative democracy

Forms

Plural

democracies → republics, commonwealths, democratisms…

Example sentences

• republic Guatemala was once qualified as a banana republic.
• commonwealth Barbados is a member of the Commonwealth.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

8 letters

republic³

11 letters

democratism

12 letters

commonwealth³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (republic³ = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français

démocratie

Italiano

democrazia

Deutsch

Demokratie

Català

democràcia