(politics, figuratively) The United States of America, as supplier of extensive materiel support to U.S. allies during World War II; or post-war U.S. as the manufacturer and possessor of the greatest quantity of advanced military weaponry in the world, in the service of defending democratic forms of government.

(politics) A theoretical concept within Marxism-Leninism and a form of government in communist states which developed after World War II and in theory allowed for a multi-class, multi-party democracy on the pathway to socialism, rather than a pure proletarian dictatorship.

(physics) The idea that there is no real distinction between composite and elementary particles.

(politics, uncountable) A political ideology supporting competitive multiparty elections and majority rule constrained by minority rights. / (politics, countable) A society based on this ideology.

democracy managed or attained by means of computer networks

(euphemistic, politics) An antisocialist government that allows suffrage but places sovereignty in the army.

Alternative form of prodemocracy (“in favor of democracy”)

(politics) a form of democracy where the electorate may choose to either vote directly or vest their voting power on delegates, and can withdraw their power from these delegates at any time.

(politics) Form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly, without electing representatives.

A political ideology incorporating traditional family and church values alongside progressive values, such as welfare. It is closely linked with Roman Catholicism and its philosophy of economic and social justice.