Democracy

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/dɪmˈɑkrəsiː/ · डिमॉक्रसी

Meaning

A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by their elected agents under a free electoral system

Government of the people, by the people and for the people

A system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to select its officials.

A government where people elect their rulers

a system of government by the people

हिंदी अर्थ

जनता द्वारा चुने प्रतिनिधियों का शासन

लोकतंत्र

Example sentences

India is the largest democracy in the world.

Democracy depends on a free press.

Radhika wrote an essay on democracy.

Daily use: Democracy mein har vote ki keemat hai.

Word forms
Democracy nDemocrat nDemocratise vDemocratic adj
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Memory trick · Prashant Sir

Demo (जनता) + cracy (शासन): democracy = जनता का शासन, उनके चुने प्रतिनिधियों के ज़रिए। यही demo demography में है और यही -cracy autocracy और bureaucracy में।

Split it as demo (people) + cracy (rule): democracy is rule by the people through the leaders they elect. The same demo is in demography, and the same -cracy is in autocracy and bureaucracy.

Exam note

-cracy set में पूछा जाता है: autocracy (एक व्यक्ति), oligarchy (कुछ लोग), plutocracy (धनी), meritocracy (योग्यता), theocracy (धर्मगुरु)।

Asked in the -cracy set: autocracy (one person), oligarchy (a few), plutocracy (the rich), meritocracy (merit), theocracy (religious leaders).

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