Category: GovernancePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

ديمقراطية

/dimuqratiyya/Roman

English meaning: Democracy

Arabic Definition

(العربية)

الديمقراطية هي نظام حكم يُمارَس فيه الحكمُ من قِبَل الشعب، إما مباشرةً أو عبر ممثلين منتخَبين. وهي تقوم على مبادئ الحرية والمساواة وحقوق الإنسان.

English Definition

A system of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation, typically through elected representatives.

Example

الديمقراطية هي حكم الشعب بالشعب وللشعب.

In English: Democracy is government of the people, by the people, for the people.

Synonyms

  • حكم الشعب
  • نيابية

Antonyms / Opposites

  • استبداد
  • دكتاتورية

Literary Heritage

العَدلُ أَسَاسُ المُلكِ وَرُكنُهُ الَّذِي يَقُومُ عَلَيهِ

/Al-ʿadlu asāsu al-mulki wa-ruknuhu alladhī yaqūmu ʿalayh/

Justice is the foundation of kingship and the pillar upon which it stands.

Ibn Khaldun · Historian and Social Theorist · 14th century CE

Muqaddimah

Muqaddimah, Book I, Prolegomena, 1377 CE

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