democracies
- 1Plural of democracy.
Several European democracies share open borders and a common currency.
Established democracies tend to protect freedom of the press more strongly.
Note
A plural that belongs only to the countable meanings: governments ruled by their people, or the states that have such governments. The idea itself, rule by the people or the belief in political freedom and equality, takes no plural. You can say democracy is spreading, but democracies are spreading only when counting actual countries. The spelling follows the regular rule for a consonant plus y, which becomes -ies.
democracies is a form of democracy
democracy, noun: Rule by the people as a form of government, exercised either directly or through elected representatives. Full entry
- Forms
- democracydemocracies plural
- Spelling
- democracy → democracies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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