{
    "term": "democracy",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a system of government in which the people of a country can vote to elect their representatives",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "parliamentary democracy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the principles of democracy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pro-democracy demonstration in the capital"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the need to overcome political apathy and advance on the road to democracy"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["genuine", "real", "true"],
                "verb + democracy": ["believe in", "promote", "support"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the democracy"],
                "phrases": ["the road to democracy", "the spread of democracy"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a country that has this system of government",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Western democracies"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I thought we were supposed to be living in a democracy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country is a multiparty democracy."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["genuine", "real", "true"],
                "verb + democracy": ["believe in", "promote", "support"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the democracy"],
                "phrases": ["the road to democracy", "the spread of democracy"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "fair and equal treatment of everyone in an organization, etc., and their right to take part in making decisions",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the fight for justice and democracy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "people who believe in true democracy"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["genuine", "real", "true"],
                "verb + democracy": ["believe in", "promote", "support"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the democracy"],
                "phrases": ["the road to democracy", "the spread of democracy"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈmɒkrəsi/",
                "audio": "de/democracy/democracy__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈmɑːkrəsi/",
                "audio": "de/democracy/democracy__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from French démocratie, via late Latin from Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos ‘the people’ + -kratia ‘power, rule’."
}