(obsolete, US) Democratic Party

(uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).

plural of democracy

democracy managed or attained by means of computer networks

(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.

plural of democracy sausage

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

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

(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.

(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.