Democracies Meaning

There are 3 meaning(s) for word Democracies

Meaning 1 : a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

    Synonyms : commonwealth,  republic
Meaning 2 : the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group

    Synonyms : majority rule
Meaning 3 : the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives