In a democracy, citizens exercise political power through regular elections and representative institutions.
在民主制度中，公民通过定期选举和代表机构行使政治权力。
Which choice best defines “democracy”?
C — Government by the people. “democracy” means government by the people.
Which word means “government by the people”?
A — democracy. “democracy” means government by the people.
democracy — government by the people. In Chinese: 民主，民主制.
democracy is pronounced /dɪˈmɒkrəsi/.
In a democracy, citizens exercise political power through regular elections and representative institutions. (在民主制度中，公民通过定期选举和代表机构行使政治权力。)
republic, self-government, popular rule — all close in meaning to democracy (government by the people).
dictatorship, autocracy — each the opposite of democracy (government by the people).
Yes. democracy is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
demo(the masses)+cracy(form of government)