democracy
noun
government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
prodemocracy
-
a word derived from
democracy.
Example Sentences
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The specifics of their fight are not identical to what prodemocracy Americans now face.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2022
In recent months, so-called Lennon Walls, where people could post notes of encouragement to prodemocracy protestors in Hong Kong, have been repeatedly vandalized.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 28, 2019
Anti-Saleh protests gained momentum in January 2011 amid the Arab Spring wave of prodemocracy movements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2012
The routine anniversary visit threatened to turn into another diplomatic nightmare for the Soviet President, fraught with the kind of tensions and prodemocracy demonstrations that marred his trip to China last spring.
From Time Magazine Archive
Especially with the prodemocracy groups demonstrating, calling for a government investigation into Papa’s death, insisting that the old regime killed him.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
