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Meanings of pure democracy in English

Russian
прямая демократия
Portuguese
democracia directa
Spanish
democracia pura
Catalan
democràcia directa
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Form of democracy where people decide on policy directly.

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      Examples for "direct democracy"
      1
      They erase our memory of grassroots power, direct democracy and civil society.
      The Guardian
      2
      He talked direct democracy and people's revolution, but governed as an autocrat.
      The Guardian
      3
      Besides, he says, New England towns practiced direct democracy for centuries.
      Wired
      4
      In his view traditional ideologies have been supplanted by direct democracy.
      The Irish Times
      5
      The zeal of Daniel Hannan and Douglas Carswell for direct democracy is genuine.
      The Guardian
      Usage of pure democracy in English
      1
      In 510, the Pisistratidæ were expelled, and Athens became a pure democracy.
      The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval Hi...
      2
      It was a military organization, and its Constitution was a pure democracy.
      A Short History of Russia
      3
      The resulting school community is a wonderful example of pure democracy.
      Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India / A Study of Conditions am...
      4
      Her great citizen Pericles changed the government of Athens to a pure democracy.
      The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 25...
      5
      The Icarian system is as nearly as possible a pure democracy.
      The Communistic Societies of the United States / From Personal V...
      6
      A church is, therefore, in idea, the only pure democracy.
      Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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      Observe, next, certain strong influences for the better that obtain in a pure democracy:-
      Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and...
      8
      He has written strongly, far too strongly I think, in favour of pure democracy.
      Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
      9
      But supposing that pure democracy is coming, how long is it likely to last?
      Moral Philosophy: Ethics, Deontology and Natural Law
      10
      What a nice thing a pure democracy must be!
      Lands of the Slave and the Free; Or, Cuba, the United States, an...
      11
      The town meeting constituted a pure democracy, in which the freemen governed themselves consciously and directly.
      Problems in American Democracy
      12
      General formulas of this description exercise a prodigious influence on the imagination of a pure democracy.
      The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind
      13
      A State in a pure democracy draws no nice and invidious distinctions between man and man.
      An Autobiography
      14
      Williams and his companions founded a pure democracy, with no interference with the rights of conscience.
      The Land We Live In / The Story of Our Country
      15
      Even in the snob-ridden High School there was here a hangover of the pure democracy of childhood.
      Lydia of the Pines
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      Not thews and sinews; otherwise pure democracy would be the only form of polity that could exist.
      Considerations on Representative Government
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