plural of majoritarian democracy

(Australia, informal) One of the sausages cooked and eaten as part of the Australian tradition of holding a fundraising sausage sizzle at polling places on the day of an election.

plural of democracy sausage

(euphemistic, politics) An antisocialist government that allows suffrage but places sovereignty in the army.

plural of people's democracy

(politics) A theoretical concept within Marxism-Leninism and a form of government in communist states which developed after World War II and in theory allowed for a multi-class, multi-party democracy on the pathway to socialism, rather than a pure proletarian dictatorship.

(physics) The idea that there is no real distinction between composite and elementary particles.

plural of liberal democracy

(politics, uncountable) A political ideology supporting competitive multiparty elections and majority rule constrained by minority rights. / (politics, countable) A society based on this ideology.

Alternative form of prodemocracy (“in favor of democracy”)