democratic society

collocation in English

meaningsofdemocraticandsociety

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democratic
adjective
uk
/ˌdem.əˈkræt.ɪk/us
/ˌdem.əˈkræt̬.ɪk/
based on the principles ...
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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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Throughout, her analysis is informed by an awareness of the contradictions and tensions inherent to the role of the police in ademocraticsociety.
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Malesore villagers proved equally capable of negotiating life around the new realities after 1878, using the tools of a modern,democraticsocietywhen necessary.
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These concerns are easiest to investigate in ademocraticsociety, but not necessarily in a non-democraticsociety.
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Is this merely because we are members of a liberaldemocraticsociety?
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Today its manifestations are closely linked to the idea of freedom of expression, and are indeed considered the warp and woof of ademocraticsociety.
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In ademocraticsociety, the form of this area of the law will be the form of democratic distributive justice.
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While in their view there is more to democracy than simply elections, and more to participation than voting, these are the cornerstones ofdemocraticsociety.
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It was seen as the best of the socialist systems but only as a transitional phase on the way to ademocraticsociety.
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And, most importantly, what do these groups' activities tell us about "how power works" in ademocraticsociety?
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In ademocraticsocietyit is important that the public has a say in these essentially political decisions.
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True, the scope of free speech should be very broad on any reasonable utilitarian calculation in the context of an advanceddemocraticsociety.
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The final chapter draws the book's numerous themes together in an important discussion of the need for ademocraticsocietyto have an independent judiciary.
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It is a basic condition for moral agency and responsibility and is essential to the effective functioning of ademocraticsociety.
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In ademocraticsocietywhere existing laws reflect the wishes of the majority such a situation must be resolved through legislative action.
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They saw themselves as champions of a moredemocraticsocietyand public sphere, attracting the masses to democracy - much in the way their predecessors did.
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Only animals acted like that, not men in ademocraticsocietywhose task was to think and strive and follow their hearts.
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Self-reliance and capitalism went hand in hand toward the progress of ademocraticsociety.
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What kind of liberaldemocraticsocietycould tolerate the inequality that would inevitably grow if parents were allowed to indiscriminately abort female fetuses?
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Workers are participants in ademocraticsocietywhen they work and when they vote.
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