Difference between revisions of "Democracy"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_109118" /> == | |||
<p> (1): (n.) [[Government]] by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people. </p> <p> (2): (n.) Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic. </p> <p> (3): (n.) Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government. </p> <p> (4): (n.) The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_71841" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_71841" /> == | ||
<p> Been defined to be government of the people by the people and for the people, or as a [[State]] in which the government rests directly with the majority of the citizens, but this under the protest of some that it is not an end but a means "to the attainment of a truer and truer aristocracy, or government again by the Best." </p> | <p> Been defined to be government of the people by the people and for the people, or as a [[State]] in which the government rests directly with the majority of the citizens, but this under the protest of some that it is not an end but a means "to the attainment of a truer and truer aristocracy, or government again by the Best." </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_109118"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/democracy Democracy from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_71841"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/democracy Democracy from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_71841"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/democracy Democracy from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 10:54, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.
(2): (n.) Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic.
(3): (n.) Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government.
(4): (n.) The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Been defined to be government of the people by the people and for the people, or as a State in which the government rests directly with the majority of the citizens, but this under the protest of some that it is not an end but a means "to the attainment of a truer and truer aristocracy, or government again by the Best."
