western democracy

collocation in English

meaningsofwesternanddemocracy

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western
adjective
uk
/ˈwes.tən/us
/ˈwes.tɚn/
in or from the west of ...
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democracy
noun
uk
/dɪˈmɒk.rə.si/us
/dɪˈmɑː.krə.si/
the belief in freedom and equality between people, or a system of government based on this belief, in which power is either held by elected representatives or directly by the ...
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(Definition ofwesternanddemocracyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Inflation increased considerably relative to the 1960s in virtually everywesterndemocracy.
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I am amazed that, in awesterndemocracy, we talk about people in developing countries being able to make sophisticated choices.
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Everywesterndemocracythat has had a constitutional settlement has involved the people.
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It gave us an identity by defining the opposite of liberalwesterndemocracy.
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Almost every otherwesterndemocracyuses models similar to those that we are proposing.
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However much they affect an understanding ofwesterndemocracy, there has been a slight failure on their part to appreciate the rapidity of democratic change.
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With all the sophistication of ourwesterndemocracy, we have not dealt with this problem.
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I believe pluralism is a precious attribute ofwesterndemocracy.
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No otherwesterndemocracywould make it so.
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No self-respectingwesterndemocracyhas such power and no good police officer wants it.
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First, we have one of the most inefficient building stocks of anywesterndemocracy.
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In virtually any other modernwesterndemocracy, such legislation would be unconstitutional.
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Such behaviour is not acceptable in an advanced and civilisedwesterndemocracy.
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I do not think that there is a threat from there, but clearly they would face complete annihilation if they targeted anywesterndemocracy.
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There can be no excuse in a modernwesterndemocracyfor persisting with a cloak of secrecy around so much that need not be secret.
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It was always denied that anyone else was behind them and it was denied that they were covertly funded, supplied and supported by the enemies ofwesterndemocracy.
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There were two points when the attrition rate of aircraft and skilled aircrew was such that our survival—and thus the survival ofwesterndemocracyas a whole—was in jeopardy.
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It is hyping it up a bit and rather incredible to say thatwesterndemocracywould be threatened if we had another 20,000 miners next year.
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We are going through that process to raise public expectations when the real crisis facingwesterndemocracy at present is one of rising expectations which we cannot satisfy.
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Reform has been predicated on massive scandals in almost every civilisedwesterndemocracyin which the security services have got out of control or not been kept on a leash.
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