1. Government by the people, either directly or through elected representatives; rule by the ruled.
2. A country, state, community etc. with such government
3. Majority rule
4. The acceptance and practice of the principle of equality of rights, opportunity and treatment; lack of snobbery: as there is real democracy in this school.
5. The common people.
6. [D-], the Democratic Party of the United States, or the principles of this party
From Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American Language
College Edition
World Publishing Country
Cleveland and New York
1968