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government in which the people hold supreme power, usu. through their elected representatives; state having such government; social equality

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Usage examples (36)
  • Within hours, 40 pro-democracy activists united to form Operation Yellowbird.
  • In fact, the pro-democracy push may be having the opposite of its intended effect.
  • Some in the pro-democracy camp suspect a plot to avert elections altogether until 2012.
  • "They must have found it refreshing," says pro-democracy Hong Kong legislator Emily Lau.
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