democracy/dIˋmɑkrəsI; dIˈmɒkrəsi/n [C,U] plural democracies the political system in which everyone can vote to choose the government, or a country that has this system 民主(政体)﹔民主国家: the struggle for democracy 争取民主的斗争Western democracies 西方的民主国家see box at见 GOVERNMENT 方框