(n.) Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.
(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.
(n.) Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government.
(n.) The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called.
Example Sentences:
(1) On his blog, Grillo called the referendum results a victory for democracy.
(2) We are deeply saddened," said Nyan Win, a spokesman of National League for Democracy.
(3) Despite Facebook's size and reach, and its much-vaunted role in the short-lived Arab spring , there are reasons for thinking that Twitter may be the more important service for the future of the public sphere – that is, the space in which democracies conduct public discussion.
(4) UPDATE II [Tues.] Two other items that may be of interest: first, Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger was the guest for the full hour yesterday on Democracy Now, discussing the paper's role in reporting the NSA stories, and the video and transcript of the interview are here ; second, marking our collaboration on a series of articles about spying on Indians, the Hindu has a long interview with me on a variety of related topics, here .
(5) Can somebody who is not a billionaire, who stands for working families, actually win an election into which billionaires are pouring millions of dollars?” Naming prominent and controversial rightwing donors, he said: “It is not just Hillary, it is the Koch brothers, it is Sheldon Adelson.” Stephanopoulos seized the moment, asking: “Are you lumping her in with them?” Choosing to refer to the 2010 supreme court decision that removed limits on corporate political donations, rather than address the question directly, Sanders replied: “What I am saying is that I get very frightened about the future of American democracy when this becomes a battle between billionaires.
(6) Historical reality suggests the concept of socially necessary risk determined through the dialectic process in democracy.
(7) Spain’s constitutional court responded by unanimously ruling that the legislation had ignored and infringed the rules of the 1978 constitution , adding that the “principle of democracy cannot be considered to be separate from the unconditional primacy of the constitution”.
(8) These are basic principles of democracy and Israeli law.
(9) The values of human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and the respect for human rights are absolutely fundamental to the European Union.
(10) And it means the Foreign Office dealing with those in the Middle East and North Africa who are on the side of democracy and human rights, not sitting down to tea with torturers.
(11) The referendum shows that democracy really sucks – that democracy does not deliver stability, prosperity [or] responsible government,” Tsang said.
(12) This thoughtful intervention brought new hope to us and others, for the rebuilding of public trust in surveillance conducted with respect for privacy, democracy and the law.
(13) "For tax evaders, she should turn to Pasok and New Democracy to explain to her why they haven't touched the big money and have been chasing the simple worker for two years."
(14) Secularism is the only way to stop collapse and chaos and to foster bonds of citizenship in our complex democracy.
(15) The charity Bite the Ballot , which persuaded hundreds of thousands to register before the last general election, is to set up “democracy cafes” in Starbucks branches, laying on experts to explain how to register and vote, and what the referendum is all about (Bite the Ballot does not take sides but merely encourages participation).
(16) The writer John Lanchester concedes that democracies will always need spies, but reading the Snowden documents persuaded him that piecing together habits of thought from internet searches takes things far beyond conventional spying: “Google doesn’t just know you’re gay before you tell your mum; it knows you’re gay before you do.
(17) In the wake of her win, Aung San Suu Kyi has written to Min Aung Hlaing, the president, Thein Sein, and the parliamentary Speaker, Shwe Mann, requesting a meeting to discuss the election and “national reconciliation”, according to the National League for Democracy Facebook page.
(18) Our later measures – parliament's power to declare peace and war, MPs to be subject to a right to recall, an end to the royal prerogative, an elected Lords – were about a 21st-century democracy, with citizenship to be founded on a new bill of rights and responsibilities and, in time, a written constitution.
(19) It won’t happen suddenly, but the most likely outcome for European social democracy is the one being secretly contemplated on the Labour backbenches: a fusion with liberalised conservatism.
(20) The genius of a democracy governed by the rule of law, our democracy, is that it both empowers the majority through the ballot box, and constrains the majority, its government, so that it is bound by law.” Turnbull added: “Why does Daesh [another term for Islamic State] hate us?
Diplomacy
Definition:
(n.) The art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations (particularly in securing treaties), including the methods and forms usually employed.
(n.) Dexterity or skill in securing advantages; tact.
(n.) The body of ministers or envoys resident at a court; the diplomatic body.
Example Sentences:
(1) Had he learned diplomacy, his career might have suffered less.
(2) The index, now in its third year, was compiled by the PR firm Portland Communications in conjunction with the University of Southern California school of public diplomacy.
(3) And the larger point is this: it is diplomacy.. that can best solve disputes like this in the 21st century.
(4) The pope, whose foray into diplomacy helped spur negotiations between the US and Cuba , is expected to address the topic in a speech before the UN in New York in September.
(5) High stakes is a terrible cliche, but this is about as high stakes as diplomacy gets.
(6) There was diplomacy, all right, but it was diplomacy aimed at licensing war.
(7) "My definition of diplomacy is to create space for dialogue," he said.
(8) In this manner the society succeeded in attracting many thousands of workers to its meetings and worked without openly alienating employers, trade unions, the government, or the medical profession--a remarkable feat of diplomacy.
(9) 'Azerbaijan is turning into a dictatorship – we shouldn't fall for its caviar diplomacy' Read more The crowded courtroom was growing increasing stifling as the air-conditioner could not cope with mid-August heat.
(10) His message was echoed by Albert Royo, of Diplocat, the Catalan body responsible for public diplomacy.
(11) It was a turning point in history, and was a written text promoting peace and diplomacy.
(12) The history of the Gujarat riots and the RSS connection is not going to simplify diplomacy anywhere in the Islamic world.
(13) Israel has repeatedly threatened to take military action if diplomacy fails to contain Iran’s nuclear aspirations.
(14) Both sides, wearied by decades of fruitless diplomacy, cautioned that an initial meeting – scheduled for the "next week or so" in Washington, according to Kerry – will not automatically lead to productive negotiations.
(15) For Merkel, the meeting is the start of a week of whirlwind diplomacy that will see her meeting heads of state in Tallin, Prague and Warsaw before hosting first the leaders of the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden and Denmark, and then the presidents of Slovenia, Bulgaria and Croatia at Schloss Meseberg, a baroque castle outside Berlin.
(16) Rightly, Miliband gives diplomacy more time, while those in his party, like Ben Bradshaw on these pages on Thursday, who support military intervention cite their leader to make the case.
(17) In the first comments to come out of Damascus since the accord to disarm Syria of its chemical weapons, brokered by Russia and the US, was announced, Ali Haidar, paid fulsome tribute to its longstanding ally, praising "the achievement of the Russian diplomacy and the Russian leadership".
(18) Some will argue that Turnbull needed to avoid megaphone diplomacy – that is, direct public criticism of Trump’s refugee bans – to preserve the US deal to take refugees off Nauru and Manus Island.
(19) They have learned from this and dedicate a lot of effort toward diplomacy and government cooperation.
(20) The entire Middle East will benefit if this is the new normal.” Hossein Rassam, a London-based Iranian analyst, said the lifting of sanctions would bring two years of intensive diplomacy to fruition.