democracy

Summary

democracy is a form of government^[1]. democracy ranks in the top 2% of form_of_government entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,855 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• democracy's instance of is recorded as form of government^[3].
• democracy's instance of is recorded as form of state^[4].
• democracy's instance of is recorded as political ideology^[5].
• democracy is a type of political system^[6].
• democracy is part of Plato's five regimes^[7].
• democracy's Commons category is recorded as Democracy^[8].
• democracy is the opposite of autocracy^[9].
• democracy comprises direct democracy^[10].
• democracy comprises representative democracy^[11].
• democracy comprises electoral body^[12].
• democracy comprises president^[13].
• democracy comprises ethnic democracy^[14].
• democracy's has cause is recorded as participation (in decisions)^[15].
• democracy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Democracy^[16].
• democracy's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Political Theory^[17].
• democracy's described by source is recorded as Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History^[18].
• democracy's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[19].
• democracy's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[20].
• democracy's described by source is recorded as Lean Logic^[21].
• democracy's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• democracy's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• democracy's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[24].
• democracy's described by source is recorded as Red Blue Translator^[25].
• democracy's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[26].
• democracy's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include form of government^[3], form of state^[4], and political ideology^[5]. democracy is a type of political system^[6]. democracy is the opposite of autocracy^[9].

Use and Application

Components include direct democracy^[10], a form of government^[28]; representative democracy^[11], a form of government^[29]; electoral body^[12], a social group^[30]; president^[13], a position^[31]; and ethnic democracy^[14], a form of government^[32]. democracy is part of Plato's five regimes^[7].

Influence

Things named for democracy include Imperator Nikolai I^[33], a battleship^[34]; International Day of Democracy^[35], a world day^[36], founded in 2007^[37]; and Municipio Democracia^[38], a municipality of Venezuela^[39], in Venezuela^[40].

Why It Matters

democracy ranks in the top 2% of form_of_government entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,855 views/month).^[2] democracy has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] democracy is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for democracy include Imperator Nikolai I^[33], a battleship^[34]; International Day of Democracy^[35], a world day^[36], founded in 2007^[37]; and Municipio Democracia^[38], a municipality of Venezuela^[39], in Venezuela^[40].