democracy - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • undermine: Why should we give our votes to the Concertación when their agenda deepens inequality and undermines democracy?
  • deepen: The network aims to deepen democracy through greater citizen participation in local governance.
  • strengthen: It is hoped that this change will strengthen democracy.
  • revitalize: And unless that happens, policies to tackle poverty and revitalize democracy will not succeed.
  • reinvigorate: Download our full statement on use of the electoral register Recommendations on mayoral elections ( January 2002 ) In our report Reinvigorating Local Democracy?
  • defend: Mr Blair, you talk about the right to bomb others in order to defend democracy.

Preposition: in

  • workplace: So formulating negotiation and I&C strategies to deal with this latest development in democracy in the workplace is a smart move.
  • country: My Government is firm in our resolve to bring genuine democracy in the country.
  • region: Mr. McClellan said that the murder reflects the true nature of those opposed to freedom and democracy in the region.

Adjective modifier

  • liberal: We welcome new members to join in the fight for a Liberal Democracy.
  • parliamentary: Coverage of the scrutiny process is central to our parliamentary democracy.
  • bourgeois: In point of fact, bourgeois democracy is the political formula for free trade, nothing more.
  • Athenian: Participation in political life was one of the pillars of Athenian democracy.
  • multi-party: During the early 1990s, under pressure from Western aid donors, the Moi government was finally forced to concede to a multi-party democracy.

Modifies a noun

  • cookbook: Democracy Cookbook Get the Democracy Cookbook from the Electoral commission.
  • movement: The fighting peacock is the symbol of Burma's democracy movement.

Noun used with modifier

  • participatory: The AA is proud to have the benefit of an active and participatory democracy.
  • multicultural: The widespread belief in the robustness of the rule of law in Britain certainly reflects our reputation as a vibrant multicultural democracy.
  • shareholder: And not everyone thinks that shareholder democracy is in such a bad way.

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