Synonyms of pure democracy

pure democracy

noun

as in democracy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• democracy
• republic
• home rule
• sovranty
• self-rule
• autonomy
• self-government
• sovereignty
• self-determination

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dictatorship
• tyranny
• monarchy
• totalitarianism
• despotism
• monocracy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pure democracy

Which is what a pure democracy is. House representatives and senators are now majority-elected. —Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 14 Oct. 2024

Though hardly a pure democracy — a hereditary emir wields decisive authority — Kuwait has an independent and democratically elected 50-member National Assembly, whose powers are limited but real. —Editorial Board, Washington Post, 18 June 2024

The thinking was, however, that the slow and deliberative process for enacting legislation in the new nation’s representative democracy — rather than pure democracy — would help dilute the impact of such factions. —Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2024

Many political scientists don’t consider Turkey a pure democracy, largely because of the tremendous power exercised by the president and his ability to shape the political playing field before the vote. —Ben Hubbard, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2023

The founders did not design the United States to be a pure democracy. —David Leonhardt, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2022

Some suspicion of pure democracy is essential to conservatism. —Ross Douthat New York Times, Star Tribune, 16 Mar. 2021

Since pure democracy and genuine authenticity are conditions that can only be reached for, never fully achieved, this was a formula for lifelong commitment. —Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2021

The United States of America is not a pure democracy but a constitutional republic. —Star Tribune, 3 Nov. 2020