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constitutional democracy
noun
politics specializeduk /kɒn.stɪˌtʃuː.ʃən.əl dɪˈmɒk.rə.si/ us /ˌkɑːn.stɪ.tuː.ʃən.əl dɪˈmɑː.krə.si/
[ U ]
a system of government in which power is held by elected representatives and exercised(= used) according to a set of political principles :
The nation has enjoyed peace and constitutional democracy for more than two decades.
The country's first experiment with constitutional democracy failed in the 1950s.
[ C ]
a country that uses a system of government in which power is held by elected representatives and exercised(= used) according to a set of political principles:
The majority is not always supposed to have its way in constitutional democracies.
The provisional government will run the country for two years before restoring a constitutional democracy.
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