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Aristocracy

A hereditary ruling class; nobility.

Democracy

Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.

Aristocracy

Government by a ruling class.

Democracy

A political or social unit that has such a government.

Aristocracy

A state or country having this form of government.

Democracy

The common people, considered as the primary source of political power.
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Aristocracy

Government by the citizens deemed to be best qualified to lead.

Democracy

Majority rule.

Aristocracy

A state having such a government.

Democracy

The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community.

Aristocracy

A group or class considered superior to others.

Democracy

(uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).
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Aristocracy

The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.

Democracy

A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.

Aristocracy

Government by such a class, or a state with such a government

Democracy

(countable) A state with a democratic system of government.

Aristocracy

A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others

Democracy

(uncountable) Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".
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Aristocracy

Government by the best citizens.

Democracy

Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.

Aristocracy

A ruling body composed of the best citizens.
In the SenateRight not our quest in this, I will protest themTo all the world, no aristocracy.

Democracy

Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic.

Aristocracy

A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy.
The aristocracy of Venice hath admitted so many abuses, trough the degeneracy of the nobles, that the period of its duration seems approach.

Democracy

Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government.

Aristocracy

The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.

Democracy

The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called.

Aristocracy

A privileged class holding hereditary titles

Democracy

The political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives

Aristocracy

The most powerful members of a society

Democracy

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

Democracy

The doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group

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