government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
a state having such a form of government: The United States and Canada are democracies
a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges
political or social equality; democratic spirit.
the common people of a community as distinguished from any privileged class; the common people with respect to their political power.
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The Roman Republic
The Roman Forum in 2004
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Civil Unrest
An 1849 engraving depicting the Secession of the Plebs in 494 BCE