A kind of democracy not limiting participation of citizens to voting, but striving to create opportunities for everybody to make meaningful contributions to decision-making.

A left-wing ideology that aims to introduce democracy into the workforce, i.e. worker cooperatives, and ensure public provision of basic human needs.

A moderate political philosophy or ideology that aims to achieve socialist (socialistic) goals within a democratic society and a liberal democracy such as by means of a strong welfare state and regulation of private industry.

The official name of East Germany from 1949 until reunification in 1990.

(politics) A policy under the rule of people acting on the behalf of and, to a lesser extent, in the interests of the voting blocks by which they were elected.

Democratic.

(US, politics) Of, pertaining to, or supporting the Democratic Party. / (rare) Alternative letter-case form of democratic (“pertaining to democracy”)

(politics) A supporter of social democracy, a political ideology in which a socialist system of government is achieved by democratic means.

plural of democracy sausage

(Australia, informal) One of the sausages cooked and eaten as part of the Australian tradition of holding a fundraising sausage sizzle at polling places on the day of an election.