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{
"term": "democracy",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a system of government in which the people of a country can vote to elect their representatives",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "parliamentary democracy"
},
{
"text": "the principles of democracy"
},
{
"text": "a pro-democracy demonstration in the capital"
},
{
"text": "the need to overcome political apathy and advance on the road to democracy"
}
],
"topics": ["Politics"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["genuine", "real", "true"],
"verb + democracy": ["believe in", "promote", "support"],
"preposition": ["in a/the democracy"],
"phrases": ["the road to democracy", "the spread of democracy"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a country that has this system of government",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Western democracies"
},
{
"text": "I thought we were supposed to be living in a democracy."
},
{
"text": "The country is a multiparty democracy."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["genuine", "real", "true"],
"verb + democracy": ["believe in", "promote", "support"],
"preposition": ["in a/the democracy"],
"phrases": ["the road to democracy", "the spread of democracy"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "fair and equal treatment of everyone in an organization, etc., and their right to take part in making decisions",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the fight for justice and democracy"
},
{
"text": "people who believe in true democracy"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["genuine", "real", "true"],
"verb + democracy": ["believe in", "promote", "support"],
"preposition": ["in a/the democracy"],
"phrases": ["the road to democracy", "the spread of democracy"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈmɒkrəsi/",
"audio": "de/democracy/democracy__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈmɑːkrəsi/",
"audio": "de/democracy/democracy__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from French démocratie, via late Latin from Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos ‘the people’ + -kratia ‘power, rule’."
}