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Democracy in America
[dih-mok-ruh-see in uh-mer-i-kuh]
noun
French Démocracie en Amérique. a study (1835) by Alexis de Tocqueville of American political institutions.
Example Sentences
“Democracy in America” encouraged Americans to see their work ethic as a national character trait.
Here is a thought experiment about real democracy in America: What if more working-class and middle-class Americans were elected to public office?
The relationship between capitalism and democracy in America isn’t always easy—and it has been that way since 1776.
A look at history going back to Hamilton’s time reveals there is no simple, static relationship between capitalism and democracy in America, but there are lessons to be learned by understanding the dynamic between them.
A closing chapter in Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America” is titled “What Sort of Despotism Democratic Nations Have to Fear.”
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