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direct democracy

noun
- 1. a form of government in which policies and laws are decided by a majority of all those eligible rather than by a body of elected representatives: "direct democracy gives all people the right to participate"
- ▪ a state governed under a system of direct democracy: "the founders did not establish a direct democracy but a republic"
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Direct democracy
Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which the electorate decides on policy initiatives without elected representatives as proxies. This differs from the majority of currently established democracies, which are representative democracies. The theory and practice of direct democracy and participation as its common characteristic constituted the core of the work of many theor... Wikipedia
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