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"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", "tags": ["masculine"], "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": ["masculine"], "word": "जनतंत्र"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "prajātantra", "sense": "rule by the people", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "प्रजातंत्र"}, {"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": ["obsolete"], "word": "デモクラシー"}, {"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": "gaṇatantra", "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": "rsk", "lang": "Pannonian Rusyn", "roman": "demokratija", "sense": "rule by the people", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "демократия"}, {"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": "mardumsolori", "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 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["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 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"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": "mardumsolori", "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 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"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 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"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": "rsk", "lang": "Pannonian Rusyn", "roman": "demokratija", "sense": "government under the rule of its people", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "демократия"}, {"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": 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"демократи"}, {"code": "rue", "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn", "roman": "demokrácija", "sense": "rule by the people", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "демокра́ція"}, {"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"}, {"code": "ce", "lang": "Chechen", "roman": "demokrati", "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", "roman": "man⁴ zyu² zyu² ji⁶", "sense": "rule by the people", "word": "民主主義 /民主主义"}, {"code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "mínzhǔ", "sense": "rule by the people", "word": "民主"}, {"code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "mínzhǔzhǔyì", "sense": "rule by the people", "word": "民主主義 /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", "tags": ["masculine"], "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": ["masculine"], "word": "जनतंत्र"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "prajātantra", "sense": "rule by the people", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "प्रजातंत्र"}, {"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": ["obsolete"], "word": "デモクラシー"}, {"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": "gaṇatantra", "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": "rsk", "lang": "Pannonian Rusyn", "roman": "demokratija", "sense": "rule by the people", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "демократия"}, {"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": "mardumsolori", "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"}, 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seè)", "name": "desc"}], "text": "→ S'gaw Karen: ဒံၣ်မိၣ်ခြ့ၣ်စံၣ် (deè moh̀ khraỳ seè)"}, {"depth": 1, "templates": [{"args": {"1": "sw", "2": "demokrasia", "bor": "1"}, "expansion": "→ Swahili: demokrasia", "name": "desc"}], "text": "→ Swahili: demokrasia"}, {"depth": 1, "templates": [{"args": {"1": "kyu", "2": "ꤘꤟꤤ꤬ꤗꤥ꤬ꤊꤚꤢꤩ꤬ꤎꤤ꤬", "bor": "1"}, "expansion": "→ Western Kayah: ꤘꤟꤤ꤬ꤗꤥ꤬ꤊꤚꤢꤩ꤬ꤎꤤ꤬ (dì̤mòkrèsì)", "name": "desc"}], "text": "→ Western Kayah: ꤘꤟꤤ꤬ꤗꤥ꤬ꤊꤚꤢꤩ꤬ꤎꤤ꤬ (dì̤mòkrèsì)"}], "etymology_templates": [{"args": {"1": "en", "2": "frm", "3": "democratie"}, "expansion": "Middle French democratie", "name": "bor"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "ML.", "3": "dēmocratia"}, "expansion": "Medieval Latin dēmocratia", "name": "der"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "grc", "3": "δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ"}, "expansion": "Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā)", "name": "der"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "demo-", "3": "-cracy", "t1": "people", "t2": "rule"}, "expansion": "By surface analysis, demo- (“people”) + -cracy (“rule”)", "name": "surf"}], "etymology_text": "From Middle French democratie (French démocratie), from Medieval Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā).\nBy surface analysis, demo- (“people”) + -cracy (“rule”).", "forms": [{"form": "democracies", "tags": ["plural"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {"1": "~"}, "expansion": "democracy (countable and uncountable, plural democracies)", "name": "en-noun"}], "hyphenation": ["de‧moc‧ra‧cy"], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "related": [{"word": "democrat"}, {"word": "democratic"}], "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English uncountable nouns", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1866, J. 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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.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 24:", "text": "Everyone who wanted to speak did so. It was democracy in its purest form.", "type": "quote"}, {"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.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2025 February 14, Marshall Cohen, “The almighty Musk: How the world’s richest man became Washington’s most powerful bureaucrat”, in CNN:", "text": "“If you have rule of the bureaucrat — if the bureaucracy is in charge, then what meaning does democracy actually have?” Musk said during his 30-minute appearance with Trump, where he rebuffed critics who said he’s the one undermining democratic institutions.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy)."], "links": [["government", "government"], ["representative democracy", "representative democracy"]], "raw_glosses": ["(uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy)."], "tags": ["uncountable"]}, {"categories": ["English countable nouns", "English terms with quotations", "Quotation templates to be cleaned", "en:Government"], "examples": [{"ref": "1947 March 16, Edwin L. 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"Hebrew", "roman": "demokrátya", "sense": "rule by the people", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "דֵּמוֹקְרַטְיָה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "loktantra", "sense": "rule by the people", "tags": ["masculine"], "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": ["masculine"], "word": "जनतंत्र"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "prajātantra", "sense": "rule by the people", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "प्रजातंत्र"}, {"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 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"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": "gaṇatantra", "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": "rsk", "lang": "Pannonian Rusyn", "roman": "demokratija", "sense": "rule by the people", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "демократия"}, {"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": "mardumsolori", "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": 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"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", 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"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", "tags": ["masculine"], "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": ["masculine"], "word": "जनतंत्र"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "prajātantra", "sense": "rule by the people", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "प्रजातंत्र"}, {"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": ["obsolete"], "word": "デモクラシー"}, {"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": "gaṇatantra", "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": "rsk", "lang": "Pannonian Rusyn", "roman": "demokratija", "sense": "rule by the people", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "демократия"}, {"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": "mardumsolori", "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 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"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", 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["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 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"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": "mardumsolori", "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 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"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 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"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": "rsk", "lang": "Pannonian Rusyn", "roman": "demokratija", "sense": "government under the rule of its people", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "демократия"}, {"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": 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"демократи"}, {"code": "rue", "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn", "roman": "demokrácija", "sense": "rule by the people", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "демокра́ція"}, {"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"}, {"code": "ce", "lang": "Chechen", "roman": "demokrati", "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", "roman": "man⁴ zyu² zyu² ji⁶", "sense": "rule by the people", "word": "民主主義 /民主主义"}, {"code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "mínzhǔ", "sense": "rule by the people", "word": "民主"}, {"code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "mínzhǔzhǔyì", "sense": "rule by the people", "word": "民主主義 /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", "tags": ["masculine"], "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": ["masculine"], "word": "जनतंत्र"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "prajātantra", "sense": "rule by the people", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "प्रजातंत्र"}, {"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": ["obsolete"], "word": "デモクラシー"}, {"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": "gaṇatantra", "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": "rsk", "lang": "Pannonian Rusyn", "roman": "demokratija", "sense": "rule by the people", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "демократия"}, {"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": "mardumsolori", "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"}, 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"theodemocracy"}, {"word": "Tory Democracy"}], "descendants": [{"depth": 1, "templates": [{"args": {"1": "am", "2": "ዴሞክራሲ", "bor": "1"}, "expansion": "→ Amharic: ዴሞክራሲ (demokrasi)", "name": "desc"}], "text": "→ Amharic: ዴሞክራሲ (demokrasi)"}, {"depth": 1, "templates": [{"args": {"1": "my", "2": "ဒီမိုကရေစီ", "bor": "1"}, "expansion": "→ Burmese: ဒီမိုကရေစီ (dimuika.reci)", "name": "desc"}], "text": "→ Burmese: ဒီမိုကရေစီ (dimuika.reci)"}, {"depth": 1, "templates": [{"args": {"1": "zh", "2": "得莫克拉西", "3": "德謨克拉西", "bor": "1", "tr": "démòkèlāxī", "tr2": "démókèlāxī"}, "expansion": "→ Chinese: 得莫克拉西 (démòkèlāxī), 德謨克拉西 /德谟克拉西 (démókèlāxī)", "name": "desc"}], "text": "→ Chinese: 得莫克拉西 (démòkèlāxī), 德謨克拉西 /德谟克拉西 (démókèlāxī)"}, {"depth": 1, "templates": [{"args": {"1": "ms", "2": "demokrasi", "bor": "1"}, "expansion": "→ Malay: demokrasi", "name": "desc"}], "text": "→ Malay: demokrasi"}, {"depth": 1, "templates": [{"args": {"1": "ksw", "2": "ဒံၣ်မိၣ်ခြ့ၣ်စံၣ်", "bor": "1"}, "expansion": "→ S'gaw Karen: ဒံၣ်မိၣ်ခြ့ၣ်စံၣ် (deè moh̀ khraỳ seè)", "name": "desc"}], "text": "→ S'gaw Karen: ဒံၣ်မိၣ်ခြ့ၣ်စံၣ် (deè moh̀ khraỳ seè)"}, {"depth": 1, "templates": [{"args": {"1": "sw", "2": "demokrasia", "bor": "1"}, "expansion": "→ Swahili: demokrasia", "name": "desc"}], "text": "→ Swahili: demokrasia"}, {"depth": 1, "templates": [{"args": {"1": "kyu", "2": "ꤘꤟꤤ꤬ꤗꤥ꤬ꤊꤚꤢꤩ꤬ꤎꤤ꤬", "bor": "1"}, "expansion": "→ Western Kayah: ꤘꤟꤤ꤬ꤗꤥ꤬ꤊꤚꤢꤩ꤬ꤎꤤ꤬ (dì̤mòkrèsì)", "name": "desc"}], "text": "→ Western Kayah: ꤘꤟꤤ꤬ꤗꤥ꤬ꤊꤚꤢꤩ꤬ꤎꤤ꤬ (dì̤mòkrèsì)"}], "etymology_templates": [{"args": {"1": "en", "2": "frm", "3": "democratie"}, "expansion": "Middle French democratie", "name": "bor"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "ML.", "3": "dēmocratia"}, "expansion": "Medieval Latin dēmocratia", "name": "der"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "grc", "3": "δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ"}, "expansion": "Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā)", "name": "der"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "demo-", "3": "-cracy", "t1": "people", "t2": "rule"}, "expansion": "By surface analysis, demo- (“people”) + -cracy (“rule”)", "name": "surf"}], "etymology_text": "From Middle French democratie (French démocratie), from Medieval Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā).\nBy surface analysis, demo- (“people”) + -cracy (“rule”).", "forms": [{"form": "democracies", "tags": ["plural"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {"1": "~"}, "expansion": "democracy (countable and uncountable, plural democracies)", "name": "en-noun"}], "hyphenation": ["de‧moc‧ra‧cy"], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "related": [{"word": "democrat"}, {"word": "democratic"}], "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English uncountable nouns", "Quotation templates to be cleaned"], "examples": [{"ref": "1866, J. Arthur Partridge, On Democracy, Trübner & Co., page 2:", "text": "And the essential value and power of Democracy consists in this,—that it combines, as far as possible, power and organization ; THE SPIRIT, MANHOOD, is at one with THE BODY, ORGANIZATION. [....] Democracy is Government by the People.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1901, The American Historical Review, American Historical Association, page 260:", "text": "The period, that is, which marks the transition from absolutism or aristocracy to democracy will mark also the transition from absolutist or autocratic methods of nomination to democratic methods.", "type": "quote"}, {"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.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 24:", "text": "Everyone who wanted to speak did so. It was democracy in its purest form.", "type": "quote"}, {"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.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2025 February 14, Marshall Cohen, “The almighty Musk: How the world’s richest man became Washington’s most powerful bureaucrat”, in CNN:", "text": "“If you have rule of the bureaucrat — if the bureaucracy is in charge, then what meaning does democracy actually have?” Musk said during his 30-minute appearance with Trump, where he rebuffed critics who said he’s the one undermining democratic institutions.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy)."], "links": [["government", "government"], ["representative democracy", "representative democracy"]], "raw_glosses": ["(uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy)."], "tags": ["uncountable"]}, {"categories": ["English countable nouns", "English terms with quotations", "Quotation templates to be cleaned", "en:Government"], "examples": [{"ref": "1947 March 16, Edwin L. 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"Hebrew", "roman": "demokrátya", "sense": "rule by the people", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "דֵּמוֹקְרַטְיָה"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "loktantra", "sense": "rule by the people", "tags": ["masculine"], "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": ["masculine"], "word": "जनतंत्र"}, {"code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "prajātantra", "sense": "rule by the people", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "प्रजातंत्र"}, {"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 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"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": "gaṇatantra", "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": "rsk", "lang": "Pannonian Rusyn", "roman": "demokratija", "sense": "rule by the people", "tags": ["feminine"], "word": "демократия"}, {"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": "mardumsolori", "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": 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"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"}], "word": "democracy"}

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