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democratically

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for democratically.

Editorial note

The narrative that America overthrew a democratically elected government in a coup is just false.

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Quick take

In a democratic way; according to the principles of democracy.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of democratically gathered in one view.

adverb

In a democratic way; according to the principles of democracy.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for democratically.

adverb

In a democratic way; according to the principles of democracy.

Example sentences

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The narrative that America overthrew a democratically elected government in a coup is just false.

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The US is of course not above assassinating foreign leaders, conspiring to have them deposed, or providing arms to military coups against democratically elected governments.

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This still is in no way justification for toppling a democratically elected government and supporting a dictatorship.

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For example, a system where large majority of economic production happens in democratically controlled worker cooperatives.

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Between the US and Iran, one of these countries supported a successful overthrow of the other country's democratically elected government.

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Then we'd have to prevent industrial espionage as well as democratically elected law makers forcing us to reveal our secrets.

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And, since elections had been suspended, the depose was not democratically elected.

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Uber and its supporters should wake up and realise that they alone do not get to usurp the laws made by democratically elected representatives.

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If 100+ drug-addled college kids can democratically run an entire apartment complex successfully for 3 decades (and even make money, too!), surely today's technologists can build software that allow many more people to democratically run much larger systems.

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The alternative in this scenario to democratically-shared blame is ludicrous.

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It's not that the offer is a bad one, it's just that it's not democratically done, not openly done, and we fucked them over for five years before this whole thing started.

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Stop blaming Google and start blaming your democratically elected government.

Quote examples

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Follow this logic to its conclusion and all you're left with is democratically elected government, expressing the "will of the people".

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What makes you think they have influenced democratically elected governments "specifically without the people"?

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"Democratically-shared blame" is the ludicrous option.

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"While still friendly with Caetani, Wallis forged even closer bonds with Felipe Espil, First Secretary at the Argentinian Embassy in Washington, an ardent Fascist and a representative of the savage Irigoyen dictatorship in Buenos Aires." Hipólito Yrigoyen was a democratically elected president deposed by a military coup in 1930...

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use democratically in a sentence?

The narrative that America overthrew a democratically elected government in a coup is just false.

What does democratically mean?

In a democratic way; according to the principles of democracy.

What part of speech is democratically?

democratically is commonly used as adverb.