"democracy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈmɒk.ɹə.si/ [UK], /dɪˈmɑ.kɹə.si/ [Canada, US], /dɪˈmɔk.ɹə.si/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-democracy.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-democracy.wav [New-Jersey] Forms: democracies [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French democratie (French démocratie), from Medieval Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokratíā). By surface analysis, demo- (“people”) + -cracy (“rule”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|democratie}} Middle French democratie, {{m|fr|démocratie}} démocratie, {{der|en|ML.|dēmocratia}} Medieval Latin dēmocratia, {{der|en|grc|δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ}} Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokratíā), {{surf|en|demo-|-cracy|t1=people|t2=rule}} By surface analysis, demo- (“people”) + -cracy (“rule”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} democracy (countable and uncountable, plural democracies)
  1. (uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy). Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Democracy, Forms of government Coordinate_terms (a form of government): monarchy, aristocracy, dictatorship Translations (rule by the people): demokrasie (Afrikaans), demokraci [feminine, indefinite] (Albanian), demokracia [definite, feminine] (Albanian), ዴሞክራሲ (demokrasi) (Amharic), δημοκρατία (dēmokratía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة (dīmuqrāṭiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), ժողովրդավարություն (žoġovrdavarutʻyun) (Armenian), դեմոկրատիա (demokratia) (Armenian), dimucratsii [feminine] (Aromanian), dimucratsie [feminine] (Aromanian), dimucrãtsii [feminine] (Aromanian), dimucrãtsie [feminine, indefinite] (Aromanian), dimucratsia [feminine] (Aromanian), dimucrãtsia [definite, feminine] (Aromanian), গণতন্ত্ৰ (gonotontro) (Assamese), democracia [feminine] (Asturian), demokratiya (Azerbaijani), demokrasi [South-Azerbaijani] (Azerbaijani), демократия (demokratiya) (Bashkir), demokrazia (Basque), дэмакра́тыя (demakrátyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), народаўла́ддзе (narodaŭláddzje) [neuter] (Belarusian), গণতন্ত্র (gonotontro) (Bengali), демокра́ция (demokrácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), народовла́стие (narodovlástie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ဒီမိုကရေစီ (dimuika.reci) (Burmese), арадшалал (aradšalal) (Buryat), демократи (djemokrati) (Buryat), демокра́ція (demokrácija) [feminine] (Carpathian Rusyn), democràcia [feminine] (Catalan), ⵜⵓⴳⴷⵓⵜ (tugdut) (Central Atlas Tamazight), دیموکراتیەت (dîmukratyet) (Central Kurdish), demokrasi (Central Melanau), демократи (demokrati) (Chechen), 民主 (man⁴ zyu²) (Chinese Cantonese), 民主主義 (Chinese Cantonese), 民主主义 (man⁴ zyu² zyu² ji⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 民主 (mínzhǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 民主主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 民主主义 (mínzhǔzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 得莫克拉西 (démòkèlāxī) [obsolete] (Chinese Mandarin), демократи (demokrat̬i) (Chuvash), demokratieth [feminine] (Cornish), gwerinieth [feminine] (Cornish), demokratiya (Crimean Tatar), demokracie [feminine] (Czech), demokrati [common-gender] (Danish), ޑިމޮކްރަސީ (ḍimok̊rasī) (Dhivehi), agɛmkɔckedhiɛ (Dinka), democratie [feminine] (Dutch), demokratio (Esperanto), demokraatia (Estonian), fólkaræði [neuter] (Faroese), kansanvalta (Finnish), demokratia (Finnish), démocratie [feminine] (French), democracia [feminine] (Galician), დემოკრატია (demoḳraṭia) (Georgian), Demokratie [feminine] (German), Volksherrschaft [feminine] (German), δημοκρατία (dimokratía) [feminine] (Greek), demokrati (Greenlandic), લોકશાહી (lokśāhī) [feminine] (Gujarati), પ્રજાતંત્ર (prajātantra) (Gujarati), dimokuraɗiyya (Hausa), דֵּמוֹקְרַטְיָה (demokrátya) [feminine] (Hebrew), लोकतंत्र (loktantra) [masculine] (Hindi), जम्हूरियत (jamhūriyat) [feminine] (Hindi), जनतंत्र (jantantra) [masculine] (Hindi), प्रजातंत्र (prajātantra) [masculine] (Hindi), लोकशाही (lokśāhī) [feminine] (Hindi), demokrácia (Hungarian), lýðræði [neuter] (Icelandic), demokratio (Ido), demokrasi (Indonesian), daonlathas [masculine] (Irish), democrazia [feminine] (Italian), 民主主義 (minshushugi) (alt: みんしゅしゅぎ) (Japanese), 民主 (minshu) (alt: みんしゅ) (Japanese), デモクラシー (demokurashī) [obsolete] (Japanese), демократь (demokratʹ) (Kalmyk), ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ (prajāprabhutva) (Kannada), демократия (demokratiä) (Kazakh), халық билігі (xalyq bilıgı) (Kazakh), ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ (prɑciəthɨppaʼtay) (Khmer), 민주주의 (minjujuui) (alt: 民主主義) (Korean), 데모크라시 (demokeurasi) [obsolete] (Korean), 민주 (minju) (alt: 民主) (Korean), демократия (demokratiya) (Kyrgyz), элбийлик (elbiylik) (Kyrgyz), demokrasia (Ladino), ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ (pa sā thi pa tai) (Lao), imperium populī [neuter] (Latin), dēmocratia [feminine] (Latin), demokrātija [feminine] (Latvian), democraçîa (Ligurian), demokratija [feminine] (Lithuanian), демокра́тија (demokrátija) [feminine] (Macedonian), demokrasi (Malay), ജനാധിപത്യം (janādhipatyaṁ) (Malayalam), demokrazija [feminine] (Maltese), deynlaght (Manx), लोकशाही (lokśāhī) [feminine] (Marathi), ардчилал (ardčilal) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠠᠷᠠᠳᠴᠢᠯᠠᠯ (aradčilal) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), nin-bui-naam (Moore), प्रजातन्त्र (prajātantra) (Nepali), लोकतन्त्र (loktantra) (Nepali), démocratie [feminine] (Norman), demokrasî (Northern Kurdish), demokratiija (Northern Sami), álbmotstivra (Northern Sami), álbmotváldi (Northern Sami), demokrati [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), folkestyre [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), demokrati [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), folkestyre [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), democracia [feminine] (Occitan), ଗଣତନ୍ତ୍ର (gôṇôtôntrô) (Odia), pajādhipateyya [neuter] (Pali), lokādhipateyya [neuter] (Pali), دموکراسي (demokrāsi) [feminine] (Pashto), ولسواله (wolǝswāla) [feminine] (Pashto), ولسواکي (wolǝswāki) [feminine] (Pashto), ډېموکراسي (ḍemokrāsi) [feminine] (Pashto), مَرْدُمسالاری (mardom-sâlâri) (Persian), دِموکْراسی (demokrâsi) (Persian), demokracja [feminine] (Polish), ludowładztwo [neuter, rare] (Polish), democracia [feminine] (Portuguese), ਲੋਕਰਾਜ (lokrāj) (Punjabi), ਜਮਹੂਰੀਅਤ (jamhūrīata) (Punjabi), democrație [feminine] (Romanian), демокра́тия (demokrátija) [feminine] (Russian), народовла́стие (narodovlástije) [neuter] (Russian), ဒံၣ်မိၣ်ခြ့ၣ်စံၣ် (deè moh̀ khraỳ seè) (S'gaw Karen), लोकतंत्र (lokataṃtra) (Sanskrit), democracie (Scots), daonfhlaitheas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), демокра́тија [Bosnia, Cyrillic, Serbia, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), демокра́ција [Croatia, Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), demokrátija [Bosnia, Roman, Serbia, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), demokrácija [Croatia, Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), တီႇမူဝ်ႇၶရေႇသီႇ (tìi mò khǎ rèe sìi) (Shan), ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදය (prajātantrawādaya) (Sinhalese), demokracia [feminine] (Slovak), demokracija [feminine] (Slovene), dimoqraadi (Somali), demokrasi (Sotho), democracia [feminine] (Spanish), demokrâsia (Sranan Tongo), demokrasia (Swahili), demokrati [common-gender] (Swedish), folkstyre [neuter] (Swedish), madlakasan (Tagalog), demokrasya (Tagalog), демократия (demokratiya) (Tajik), мардумсолорӣ (mardumsolorī) (Tajik), மக்களாட்சி (makkaḷāṭci) (Tamil), ஜனநாயகம் (jaṉanāyakam) (Tamil), демократия (demoqratiyä) (Tatar), ప్రజాస్వామ్యం (prajāsvāmyaṁ) (Telugu), ประชาธิปไตย (bprà-chaa-tí-bpà-dtai) (Thai), དམངས་གཙོའི་རིང་ལུགས (dmangs gtso'i ring lugs) (Tibetan), ዲሞክራሲ (dimokrasi) (Tigrinya), ደሞክራሲ (dämokrasi) (Tigrinya), el erki (Turkish), demokrasi (Turkish), demokratiýa (Turkmen), demokratsiýa (Turkmen), halkçylyk (Turkmen), демокра́тія (demokrátija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), народовла́ддя (narodovláddja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), جَمْہُورِیَت (jamhūriyat) (note: also: republic) [feminine] (Urdu), لوک شاہی (lok śāhī) [feminine] (Urdu), دېموكراتىيە (dëmokratiye) (Uyghur), خەلقچىلىق (xelqchiliq) [rare] (Uyghur), demokratiya (Uzbek), xalq hokimiyati (Uzbek), dân chủ (alt: 民主) (Vietnamese), demokrat (Volapük), democratiaeth [feminine] (Welsh), דעמאָקראַציע (demokratsye) [feminine] (Yiddish), minzcuj (Zhuang)
    Sense id: en-democracy-en-noun-xEfnF2-5 Disambiguation of Democracy: 69 8 22 2 Disambiguation of Forms of government: 71 8 20 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with demo-, English terms suffixed with -cracy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 4 3 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 87 5 6 2 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with demo-: 55 17 19 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cracy: 74 11 11 4 Disambiguation of 'a form of government': 88 3 7 2 Disambiguation of 'rule by the people': 74 24 0 2
  2. (countable, government) A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Government
    Sense id: en-democracy-en-noun-la6KfTIf Topics: government
  3. (countable) A state with a democratic system of government. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-democracy-en-noun-E5hiGRiT
  4. (uncountable) Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy". Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-democracy-en-noun-0mIGNilz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: democratism (english: the principles or spirit of a democracy) Related terms: democrat, democratic Translations (government under the rule of its people): demokrasie (Afrikaans), demokraci [feminine, indefinite] (Albanian), demokracia [definite, feminine] (Albanian), δημοκρατία (dēmokratía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة (dīmuqrāṭiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), ديموقراطية (dīmūqrāṭiyya) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), democrazia [feminine] (Aragonese), ժողովրդավարություն (žoġovrdavarutʻyun) (Armenian), դեմոկրատիա (demokratia) (Armenian), dimucratsii [feminine] (Aromanian), dimucratsie [feminine] (Aromanian), dimucrãtsii [feminine] (Aromanian), dimucrãtsie [feminine, indefinite] (Aromanian), dimucratsia [feminine] (Aromanian), dimucrãtsia [definite, feminine] (Aromanian), democracia [feminine] (Asturian), demokratiya (Azerbaijani), demokrasi [South-Azerbaijani] (Azerbaijani), демократия (demokratiya) (Bashkir), дэмакра́тыя (demakrátyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), গণতন্ত্র (gonotontro) (Bengali), demokratelezh [feminine] (Breton), демокра́ция (demokrácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), democràcia [feminine] (Catalan), demokrasya (Cebuano), 民主 (mínzhǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), demokracie [feminine] (Czech), demokrati [neuter] (Danish), ޑިމޮކްރަސީ (ḍimok̊rasī) (Dhivehi), democratie [feminine] (Dutch), demokratia ŝtatformo (Esperanto), demokratio (Esperanto), demokraatia (Estonian), demokratia (Finnish), démocratie [feminine] (French), დემოკრატია (demoḳraṭia) (Georgian), Demokratie [feminine] (German), δημοκρατία (dimokratía) [feminine] (Greek), demokrasi (Haitian Creole), dimokuraɗiyya (Hausa), דֵּמוֹקְרַטְיָה (demokrátya) [feminine] (Hebrew), लोकतंत्र (loktantra) [masculine] (Hindi), demokrácia (Hungarian), lýðræði [neuter] (Icelandic), demokrasi (Indonesian), stát daonlathach [masculine] (Irish), democrazia [feminine] (Italian), 民主主義 (minshushugi) (alt: みんしゅしゅぎ) (Japanese), 民主 (minshu) (alt: みんしゅ) (Japanese), демократь (demokratʹ) (Kalmyk), 민주 정체 (minju jeongche) (alt: 民主政體) (Korean), 민주 (minju) (alt: 民主) (Korean), imperium populī [neuter] (Latin), dēmocratia [feminine] (Latin), demokrātija [feminine] (Latvian), demokratija [feminine] (Lithuanian), демокра́тија (demokrátija) [feminine] (Macedonian), demokrasi (Malay), ജനാധിപത്യം (janādhipatyaṁ) (Malayalam), demokrazija [feminine] (Maltese), लोकशाही (lokśāhī) [feminine] (Marathi), démocratie [feminine] (Norman), demokrasî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), demokratiija (Northern Sami), álbmotstivra (Northern Sami), álbmotváldi (Northern Sami), demokrati [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), folkestyre [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), demokrati [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), folkestyre [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), مَرْدُمسالاری (mardom-sâlâri) (Persian), دِموکْراسی (demokrâsi) (Persian), demokracja [feminine] (Polish), democracia [feminine] (Portuguese), democrație [feminine] (Romanian), демокра́тия (demokrátija) [feminine] (Russian), demuokratėjė [masculine] (Samogitian), daonfhlaitheas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), sluagh-fhlaitheas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), демокра́тија [Bosnia, Cyrillic, Serbia, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), демокра́ција [Croatia, Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), demokrátija [Bosnia, Roman, Serbia, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), demokrácija [Croatia, Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), တီႇမူဝ်ႇၶရေႇသီႇ (tìi mò khǎ rèe sìi) (Shan), dimucrazzìa [feminine] (Sicilian), demokracija [feminine] (Slovene), democracia [feminine] (Spanish), demokrâsia (Sranan Tongo), demokrasia (Swahili), demokrati (Swedish), demokrasya (Tagalog), மக்களாட்சி (makkaḷāṭci) (Tamil), ஜனநாயகம் (jaṉanāyakam) (Tamil), ప్రజాస్వామ్యం (prajāsvāmyaṁ) (Telugu), демокра́тія (demokrátija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), جَمْہُورِیَت (jamhūriyat) (note: also: republic) [feminine] (Urdu), لوک شاہی (lok śāhī) [feminine] (Urdu), dân chủ (alt: 民主) (Vietnamese), democratiaeth (Welsh)

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          "text": "A century ago there was in the Old World only one tiny spot in which the working of democracy could be studied. A few of the ancient rural cantons of Switzerland had recovered their freedom after the fall of Napoleon, and were governing themselves as they had done from the earlier Middle Ages[...]. Nowhere else in Europe did the people rule.",
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          "ref": "2017 November 19, “Today in History”, in Radio Taiwan International, archived from the original on 2022-09-10",
          "text": "On this day in 1977, Taiwan witnessed a watershed moment in its march to democracy: the Chungli Incident. Violence broke out on the night of the largest-yet elections in the country’s history. Some 10,000 people took to the streets in protest following reports of election fraud on the part of the ruling Kuomintang.",
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "af",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "demokrasie"
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
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            "feminine",
            "indefinite"
          ],
          "word": "demokraci"
        },
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "sq",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "demokracia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "lang": "Amharic",
          "roman": "demokrasi",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "ዴሞክራሲ"
        },
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة"
        },
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "hy",
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          "roman": "žoġovrdavarutʻyun",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "ժողովրդավարություն"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "demokratia",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "դեմոկրատիա"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "rup",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "rup",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "word": "গণতন্ত্ৰ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "ast",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "az",
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "дэмакра́тыя"
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "bn",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "dimuika.reci",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "ဒီမိုကရေစီ"
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "bua",
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          "word": "арадшалал"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "rue",
          "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "демокра́ція"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "tzm",
          "lang": "Central Atlas Tamazight",
          "roman": "tugdut",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "ⵜⵓⴳⴷⵓⵜ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "yue",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "民主"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "yue",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "man⁴ zyu² zyu² ji⁶",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
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        {
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "得莫克拉西"
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "code": "kw",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gwerinieth"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "din",
          "lang": "Dinka",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "agɛmkɔckedhiɛ"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "eo",
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "kansanvalta"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "demoḳraṭia",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "დემოკრატია"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Demokratie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Volksherrschaft"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "lokśāhī",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "લોકશાહી"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "prajātantra",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "પ્રજાતંત્ર"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "ha",
          "lang": "Hausa",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "dimokuraɗiyya"
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "word": "דֵּמוֹקְרַטְיָה"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "hi",
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          "roman": "loktantra",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "jamhūriyat",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
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          "word": "ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ"
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        {
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          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "pa sā thi pa tai",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ"
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          "lang": "Latvian",
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        {
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "демокра́тија"
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        {
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          "lang": "Malayalam",
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          "word": "ജനാധിപത്യം"
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        {
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          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "lokśāhī",
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          "word": "लोकशाही"
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "mos",
          "lang": "Moore",
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          "word": "nin-bui-naam"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "prajātantra",
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          "word": "प्रजातन्त्र"
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "lang": "Northern Sami",
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
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          "lang": "Occitan",
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "lang": "Odia",
          "roman": "gôṇôtôntrô",
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          "word": "ଗଣତନ୍ତ୍ର"
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "pi",
          "lang": "Pali",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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        {
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        {
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          "roman": "wolǝswāla",
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "tags": [
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        {
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mardom-sâlâri",
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          "word": "مَرْدُمسالاری"
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          "lang": "Persian",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "tags": [
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            "rare"
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          "word": "ludowładztwo"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "lokrāj",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "ਲੋਕਰਾਜ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "jamhūrīata",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "ਜਮਹੂਰੀਅਤ"
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        {
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          ],
          "word": "демокра́тия"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "narodovlástije",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "ksw",
          "lang": "S'gaw Karen",
          "roman": "deè moh̀ khraỳ seè",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "ဒံၣ်မိၣ်ခြ့ၣ်စံၣ်"
        },
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "lokataṃtra",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "लोकतंत्र"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "democracie"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "daonfhlaitheas"
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
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            "Cyrillic",
            "Serbia",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "демокра́тија"
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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            "Serbia",
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
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          "roman": "tìi mò khǎ rèe sìi",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "တီႇမူဝ်ႇၶရေႇသီႇ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "prajātantrawādaya",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදය"
        },
        {
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "lang": "Somali",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "dimoqraadi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "word": "demokrasi"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
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          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "demokrasia"
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          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "folkstyre"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "madlakasan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "demokrasya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
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          "word": "демократия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "mardumsolorī",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "мардумсолорӣ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "makkaḷāṭci",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "word": "மக்களாட்சி"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 24 0 2",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "jaṉanāyakam",
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          "roman": "jamhūriyat",
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          "alt": "民主",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
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          "roman": "demokratsye",
          "sense": "rule by the people",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "rule by the people",
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          "ref": "1947 March 16, Edwin L. James, “General Marshall Raises the Ideological Issue”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "Of course, the Russians think it is something else because they say the Russians have a democracy and it is plain that their government is not what the Americans regard as a democracy.",
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          "ref": "2003, Fareed Zakaria, The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad, W. W. Norton & Company, page 13",
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          "ref": "2019 April 28, Hagai El-Ad, “What kind of democracy deports human rights workers?”, in Yoni Molad, transl., +972 Magazine",
          "text": "Israel is not a democracy, as these elections proved once again. Democracy is the rule of the people, not the rule of one people over another.",
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          "ref": "2002, Victor G. Hilliard, “The Role of Human Resource Development in South African Public Service Reform”, in Administrative Reform in Developing Nations, Praeger, page 179",
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          "ref": "1918, Charles Horton Cooley, “A Primary Culture for Democracy”, in Publications of the American Sociological Society 13, page 8",
          "text": "As states of the human spirit democracy, righteousness, and faith have much in common and may be cultivated by the same means...",
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        {
          "ref": "1919, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, The Spirit of Russia: Studies in History, Literature and Philosophy, Macmillan, page 446",
          "text": "It must further be admitted that he provided a successful interpretation of democracy in its philosophic aspects when he conceived democracy as a general outlook on the universe... In Bakunin's conception of democracy as religious in character we trace the influence of French socialism.",
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          "ref": "1996, Petre Roman, The Spirit of Democracy and the Fabric of NATO - The New European Democracies and NATO Enlargement, page 1",
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      "word": "demokrasie"
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "žoġovrdavarutʻyun",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "ժողովրդավարություն"
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      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
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      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokrasi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stát daonlathach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democrazia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "alt": "みんしゅしゅぎ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "minshushugi",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "民主主義"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "alt": "みんしゅ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "minshu",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "民主"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "demokratʹ",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "демократь"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "alt": "民主政體",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "minju jeongche",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "민주 정체"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "alt": "民主",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "minju",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "민주"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokrasî"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "imperium populī"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dēmocratia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokrātija"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokratija"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "demokrátija",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "демокра́тија"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokrasi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "janādhipatyaṁ",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "ജനാധിപത്യം"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokrazija"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "lokśāhī",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "लोकशाही"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "démocratie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokratiija"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "álbmotstivra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "álbmotváldi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "demokrati"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "folkestyre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "demokrati"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "folkestyre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mardom-sâlâri",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "مَرْدُمسالاری"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "demokrâsi",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "دِموکْراسی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokracja"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democracia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democrație"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "demokrátija",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "демокра́тия"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "sgs",
      "lang": "Samogitian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "demuokratėjė"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "daonfhlaitheas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sluagh-fhlaitheas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "Bosnia",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Serbia",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "демокра́тија"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "Croatia",
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "демокра́ција"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "Bosnia",
        "Roman",
        "Serbia",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokrátija"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "Croatia",
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokrácija"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "tìi mò khǎ rèe sìi",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "တီႇမူဝ်ႇၶရေႇသီႇ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dimucrazzìa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokracija"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democracia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokrâsia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokrasia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokrati"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokrasya"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "makkaḷāṭci",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "மக்களாட்சி"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "jaṉanāyakam",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "ஜனநாயகம்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "prajāsvāmyaṁ",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "ప్రజాస్వామ్యం"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "demokrátija",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "демокра́тія"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "note": "also: republic",
      "roman": "jamhūriyat",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "جَمْہُورِیَت"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "lok śāhī",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "لوک شاہی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "alt": "民主",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "dân chủ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 42 7 1",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "democratiaeth"
    }
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    "democracy"
  ],
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}
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      "word": "arsenal of democracy"
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      "word": "Christian democracy"
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      "word": "democracy sausage"
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      "word": "direct democracy"
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    {
      "word": "dollar democracy"
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    {
      "word": "e-democracy"
    },
    {
      "word": "grassroots democracy"
    },
    {
      "word": "liberal democracy"
    },
    {
      "word": "liquid democracy"
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    {
      "word": "majoritarian democracy"
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    {
      "word": "media democracy"
    },
    {
      "word": "nuclear democracy"
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    {
      "word": "participatory democracy"
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    {
      "word": "people's democracy"
    },
    {
      "word": "pro-democracy"
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    {
      "word": "protected democracy"
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    {
      "word": "pseudo-democracy"
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    {
      "word": "pure democracy"
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    {
      "word": "social democracy"
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      "text": "→ Burmese: ဒီမိုကရေစီ (dimuika.reci)"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "tr": "démòkèlāxī",
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          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 得莫克拉西 (démòkèlāxī), 德謨克拉西/德谟克拉西 (démókèlāxī)",
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      "text": "→ Chinese: 得莫克拉西 (démòkèlāxī), 德謨克拉西/德谟克拉西 (démókèlāxī)"
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ S'gaw Karen: ဒံၣ်မိၣ်ခြ့ၣ်စံၣ် (deè moh̀ khraỳ seè)"
    },
    {
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "kyu",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Western Kayah: ꤘꤟꤤ꤬ꤗꤥ꤬ꤊꤚꤢꤩ꤬ꤎꤤ꤬ (dì̤mòkrèsì)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Western Kayah: ꤘꤟꤤ꤬ꤗꤥ꤬ꤊꤚꤢꤩ꤬ꤎꤤ꤬ (dì̤mòkrèsì)"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
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        "1": "en",
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          "ref": "1866, J. Arthur Partridge, On Democracy, Trübner & Co., page 2",
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          "ref": "1901, The American Historical Review, American Historical Association, page 260",
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          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "1921, James Bryce Bryce, Modern Democracies, The Macmillan Company, page 1",
          "text": "A century ago there was in the Old World only one tiny spot in which the working of democracy could be studied. A few of the ancient rural cantons of Switzerland had recovered their freedom after the fall of Napoleon, and were governing themselves as they had done from the earlier Middle Ages[...]. Nowhere else in Europe did the people rule.",
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        {
          "ref": "2017 November 19, “Today in History”, in Radio Taiwan International, archived from the original on 2022-09-10",
          "text": "On this day in 1977, Taiwan witnessed a watershed moment in its march to democracy: the Chungli Incident. Violence broke out on the night of the largest-yet elections in the country’s history. Some 10,000 people took to the streets in protest following reports of election fraud on the part of the ruling Kuomintang.",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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          "ref": "1947 March 16, Edwin L. James, “General Marshall Raises the Ideological Issue”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "Of course, the Russians think it is something else because they say the Russians have a democracy and it is plain that their government is not what the Americans regard as a democracy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Fareed Zakaria, The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad, W. W. Norton & Company, page 13",
          "text": "In 1900 not a single country had what we would today consider a democracy: a government created by elections in which every adult citizen could vote.",
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          "ref": "2018 March, Yascha Mounk, “America Is Not a Democracy”, in The Atlantic",
          "text": "The United States was founded as a republic, not a democracy.",
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        {
          "ref": "2019 April 28, Hagai El-Ad, “What kind of democracy deports human rights workers?”, in Yoni Molad, transl., +972 Magazine",
          "text": "Israel is not a democracy, as these elections proved once again. Democracy is the rule of the people, not the rule of one people over another.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Victor G. Hilliard, “The Role of Human Resource Development in South African Public Service Reform”, in Administrative Reform in Developing Nations, Praeger, page 179",
          "text": "After almost four decades of authoritarian rule, South Africa became a democracy in April 1994.",
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        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1918, Charles Horton Cooley, “A Primary Culture for Democracy”, in Publications of the American Sociological Society 13, page 8",
          "text": "As states of the human spirit democracy, righteousness, and faith have much in common and may be cultivated by the same means...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1919, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, The Spirit of Russia: Studies in History, Literature and Philosophy, Macmillan, page 446",
          "text": "It must further be admitted that he provided a successful interpretation of democracy in its philosophic aspects when he conceived democracy as a general outlook on the universe... In Bakunin's conception of democracy as religious in character we trace the influence of French socialism.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Petre Roman, The Spirit of Democracy and the Fabric of NATO - The New European Democracies and NATO Enlargement, page 1",
          "text": "The spirit of democracy means, above all, liberty of choice for human beings... democracy, in both its individual and collective forms, is the main engine of the eternal human striving for justice and prosperity.",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokrasie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite"
      ],
      "word": "demokraci"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "demokrasi",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "ዴሞክራሲ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "dīmuqrāṭiyya",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "žoġovrdavarutʻyun",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "ժողովրդավարություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "demokratia",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "դեմոկրատիա"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dimucratsii"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dimucratsie"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dimucrãtsii"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite"
      ],
      "word": "dimucrãtsie"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dimucratsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dimucrãtsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "gonotontro",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "গণতন্ত্ৰ"
    },
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokratiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "South-Azerbaijani"
      ],
      "word": "demokrasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "demokratiya",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "демократия"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokrazia"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "demakrátyja",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дэмакра́тыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "narodaŭláddzje",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "народаўла́ддзе"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "gonotontro",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "গণতন্ত্র"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "demokrácija",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "демокра́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "narodovlástie",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "народовла́стие"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "dimuika.reci",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "ဒီမိုကရေစီ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bua",
      "lang": "Buryat",
      "roman": "aradšalal",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "арадшалал"
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    {
      "code": "bua",
      "lang": "Buryat",
      "roman": "djemokrati",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "демократи"
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    {
      "code": "rue",
      "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "roman": "demokrácija",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democràcia"
    },
    {
      "code": "tzm",
      "lang": "Central Atlas Tamazight",
      "roman": "tugdut",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "ⵜⵓⴳⴷⵓⵜ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mel",
      "lang": "Central Melanau",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokrasi"
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      "code": "ce",
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      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "демократи"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "man⁴ zyu²",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "民主"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "民主主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "man⁴ zyu² zyu² ji⁶",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "民主主义"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mínzhǔ",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "民主"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "民主主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mínzhǔzhǔyì",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "民主主义"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "démòkèlāxī",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "得莫克拉西"
    },
    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "demokrat̬i",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "демократи"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokratieth"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gwerinieth"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokratiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokracie"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "demokrati"
    },
    {
      "code": "dv",
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "ḍimok̊rasī",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "ޑިމޮކްރަސީ"
    },
    {
      "code": "din",
      "lang": "Dinka",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "agɛmkɔckedhiɛ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democratie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokratio"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokraatia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fólkaræði"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "kansanvalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokratia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "démocratie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "demoḳraṭia",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "დემოკრატია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Demokratie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Volksherrschaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dimokratía",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δημοκρατία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "dēmokratía",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δημοκρατία"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokrati"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "lokśāhī",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "લોકશાહી"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "prajātantra",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "પ્રજાતંત્ર"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "dimokuraɗiyya"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "dimokuraɗiyya"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "demokrátya",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "דֵּמוֹקְרַטְיָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "loktantra",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
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      "word": "लोकतंत्र"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jamhūriyat",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "जम्हूरियत"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jantantra",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "prajātantra",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "lokśāhī",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "लोकशाही"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokrácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lýðræði"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokratio"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokrasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "daonlathas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democrazia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みんしゅしゅぎ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "minshushugi",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "民主主義"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みんしゅ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "minshu",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "民主"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "demokurashī",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "デモクラシー"
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    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "demokratʹ",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "демократь"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "prajāprabhutva",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "demokratiä",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "демократия"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "xalyq bilıgı",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "халық билігі"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "prɑciəthɨppaʼtay",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "民主主義",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "minjujuui",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "민주주의"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "demokeurasi",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "데모크라시"
    },
    {
      "alt": "民主",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "minju",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "민주"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "dîmukratyet",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "دیموکراتیەت"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokrasî"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "demokratiya",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "демократия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "elbiylik",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "элбийлик"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokrasia"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pa sā thi pa tai",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "imperium populī"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dēmocratia"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokrātija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lij",
      "lang": "Ligurian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "democraçîa"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokratija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "demokrátija",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "демокра́тија"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokrasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "janādhipatyaṁ",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "ജനാധിപത്യം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokrazija"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "deynlaght"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "lokśāhī",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "लोकशाही"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ardčilal",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ардчилал"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "aradčilal",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠠᠷᠠᠳᠴᠢᠯᠠᠯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mos",
      "lang": "Moore",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "nin-bui-naam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "prajātantra",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "प्रजातन्त्र"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "loktantra",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "लोकतन्त्र"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "démocratie"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokratiija"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "álbmotstivra"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "álbmotváldi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "demokrati"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "folkestyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "demokrati"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "folkestyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "gôṇôtôntrô",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "ଗଣତନ୍ତ୍ର"
    },
    {
      "code": "pi",
      "lang": "Pali",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pajādhipateyya"
    },
    {
      "code": "pi",
      "lang": "Pali",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lokādhipateyya"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "demokrāsi",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "دموکراسي"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "wolǝswāla",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ولسواله"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "wolǝswāki",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ولسواکي"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "ḍemokrāsi",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ډېموکراسي"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mardom-sâlâri",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "مَرْدُمسالاری"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "demokrâsi",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "دِموکْراسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokracja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "ludowładztwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "lokrāj",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "ਲੋਕਰਾਜ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "jamhūrīata",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "ਜਮਹੂਰੀਅਤ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democrație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "demokrátija",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "демокра́тия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "narodovlástije",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "народовла́стие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ksw",
      "lang": "S'gaw Karen",
      "roman": "deè moh̀ khraỳ seè",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "ဒံၣ်မိၣ်ခြ့ၣ်စံၣ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "lokataṃtra",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "लोकतंत्र"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "democracie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "daonfhlaitheas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "Bosnia",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Serbia",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "демокра́тија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "Croatia",
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "демокра́ција"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "Bosnia",
        "Roman",
        "Serbia",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokrátija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "Croatia",
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokrácija"
    },
    {
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "tìi mò khǎ rèe sìi",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "တီႇမူဝ်ႇၶရေႇသီႇ"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "prajātantrawādaya",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදය"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokracija"
    },
    {
      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "dimoqraadi"
    },
    {
      "code": "st",
      "lang": "Sotho",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokrasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokrâsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokrasia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "demokrati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "folkstyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "madlakasan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokrasya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "demokratiya",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "демократия"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "mardumsolorī",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "мардумсолорӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "makkaḷāṭci",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "மக்களாட்சி"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "jaṉanāyakam",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "ஜனநாயகம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "demoqratiyä",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "демократия"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "prajāsvāmyaṁ",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "ప్రజాస్వామ్యం"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bprà-chaa-tí-bpà-dtai",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "ประชาธิปไตย"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "dmangs gtso'i ring lugs",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "དམངས་གཙོའི་རིང་ལུགས"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "dimokrasi",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "ዲሞክራሲ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "dämokrasi",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "ደሞክራሲ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "el erki"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokrasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokratiýa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokratsiýa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "halkçylyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "demokrátija",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "демокра́тія"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "narodovláddja",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "народовла́ддя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "note": "also: republic",
      "roman": "jamhūriyat",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "جَمْہُورِیَت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "lok śāhī",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "لوک شاہی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "dëmokratiye",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "دېموكراتىيە"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "xelqchiliq",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "خەلقچىلىق"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokratiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "xalq hokimiyati"
    },
    {
      "alt": "民主",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "dân chủ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "demokrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democratiaeth"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "demokratsye",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "דעמאָקראַציע"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "rule by the people",
      "word": "minzcuj"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokrasie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite"
      ],
      "word": "demokraci"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "dīmuqrāṭiyya",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "dīmūqrāṭiyya",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ديموقراطية"
    },
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democrazia"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "žoġovrdavarutʻyun",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "ժողովրդավարություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "demokratia",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "դեմոկրատիա"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dimucratsii"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dimucratsie"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dimucrãtsii"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite"
      ],
      "word": "dimucrãtsie"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dimucratsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dimucrãtsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokratiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "South-Azerbaijani"
      ],
      "word": "demokrasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "demokratiya",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "демократия"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "demakrátyja",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дэмакра́тыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "gonotontro",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "গণতন্ত্র"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokratelezh"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "demokrácija",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "демокра́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democràcia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokrasya"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mínzhǔ",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "民主"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokracie"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "demokrati"
    },
    {
      "code": "dv",
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "ḍimok̊rasī",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "ޑިމޮކްރަސީ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democratie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokratia ŝtatformo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokratio"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokraatia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokratia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "démocratie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "demoḳraṭia",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "დემოკრატია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Demokratie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dimokratía",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δημοκρατία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "dēmokratía",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δημοκρατία"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokrasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "dimokuraɗiyya"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "demokrátya",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "דֵּמוֹקְרַטְיָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "loktantra",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "लोकतंत्र"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokrácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lýðræði"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokrasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stát daonlathach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democrazia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みんしゅしゅぎ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "minshushugi",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "民主主義"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みんしゅ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "minshu",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "民主"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "demokratʹ",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "демократь"
    },
    {
      "alt": "民主政體",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "minju jeongche",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "민주 정체"
    },
    {
      "alt": "民主",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "minju",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "민주"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokrasî"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "imperium populī"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dēmocratia"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokrātija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokratija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "demokrátija",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "демокра́тија"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokrasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "janādhipatyaṁ",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "ജനാധിപത്യം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokrazija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "lokśāhī",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "लोकशाही"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "démocratie"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokratiija"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "álbmotstivra"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "álbmotváldi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "demokrati"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "folkestyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "demokrati"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "folkestyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mardom-sâlâri",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "مَرْدُمسالاری"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "demokrâsi",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "دِموکْراسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokracja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democrație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "demokrátija",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "демокра́тия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sgs",
      "lang": "Samogitian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "demuokratėjė"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "daonfhlaitheas"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sluagh-fhlaitheas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "Bosnia",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Serbia",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "демокра́тија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "Croatia",
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "демокра́ција"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "Bosnia",
        "Roman",
        "Serbia",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokrátija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "Croatia",
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokrácija"
    },
    {
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "tìi mò khǎ rèe sìi",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "တီႇမူဝ်ႇၶရေႇသီႇ"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dimucrazzìa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demokracija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "democracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokrâsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokrasia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokrati"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "demokrasya"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "makkaḷāṭci",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "மக்களாட்சி"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "jaṉanāyakam",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "ஜனநாயகம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "prajāsvāmyaṁ",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "ప్రజాస్వామ్యం"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "demokrátija",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "демокра́тія"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "note": "also: republic",
      "roman": "jamhūriyat",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "جَمْہُورِیَت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "lok śāhī",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "لوک شاہی"
    },
    {
      "alt": "民主",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "dân chủ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "government under the rule of its people",
      "word": "democratiaeth"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "democracy"
  ],
  "word": "democracy"
}

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