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pure democracy
noun[ Cusually singular or U ]
politics specializeduk /ˌpjʊə dɪˈmɒk.rə.si/ us /ˈpjʊr dɪˌmɑː.krə.si/
a political system in which laws and policies are made and voted for directly by citizens rather than by politicians:
The US is a republic, not a pure democracy.
Pure democracy has never yet worked in practice.
Synonym
direct democracy
In a pure democracy people have responsibilities to participate in the governing of the state.
Mill believed in weighted voting, while Madison and Hamilton distrusted pure democracy.
The Ancient Greek ideal of pure democracy has not been reached.
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