government in which the supreme power is held by the people and used by them directly or indirectly through representationthe newly created United States opted for self-rule rather than monarchy
the newly created United States opted for self-rule rather than monarchy
democracy, republic, self-government
pure democracyhome rule, self-determinationautonomy, sovereignty(also sovranty)
despotism, dictatorship, monarchy, monocracy, totalitarianism, tyranny
in 1660
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