デモクラシーdemokurashii

1. noundemocracy

• Synonym民主主義みんしゅしゅぎNeutralThe standard word for democracy in daily speech and news; more ordinary than the loanword 「デモクラシー」.
• Related平民主義へいみんしゅぎWrittenA Meiji-era translation for rule by the common people; rarely used today, found mainly in historical writing.
• Related民本主義みんぽんしゅぎWrittenYoshino Sakuzō's Taishō-era theory of politics centered on the people; a historical term.
• Related民権主義みんけんしゅぎWrittenThought stressing the people's political rights; often means Sun Yat-sen's doctrine specifically; mostly historical and less general than 「デモクラシー」.
• Antonym独裁どくさいNeutralDictatorship: one person or group holds power alone; the direct opposite of democratic 「デモクラシー」.
• Antonym専制せんせいWrittenDespotism, the opposite of democratic 「デモクラシー」; leans written, as in 「専制政治」.

In everyday speech and news, 「民主主義」 is the usual word; 「デモクラシー」 also appears in political discussion and in historical names such as 「大正デモクラシー」. For dictatorship, say 「独裁」; the other terms are historical or formal.

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1. 民主主義みんしゅしゅぎ、民主制みんしゅせい。