Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

democratic deficit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: demo-crat-ic d-eficit
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A situation when ostensibly democratic organizations or institutions (particularly governments) are seen to be falling short of fulfilling the principles of the parliamentary democracy in their practices or operation where representative and linked parliamentary integrity becomes widely discussed.

Example Sentences

"The euro was launched with a fundamental democratic deficit, which didn’t trouble the European elite behind it because they had come to believe in a version of manifest destiny."

Etymology

First used by the Young European Federalists in their Manifesto in 1977.

Inflected Forms

democratic deficits (plural)

Questions

What does democratic deficit mean?: A situation when ostensibly democratic organizations or institutions (particularly governments) are seen to be falling short of fulfilling the principles of the parliamentary democracy in their practices or operation where representative and linked parliamentary integrity becomes widely discussed.
Where does democratic deficit come from?: First used by the Young European Federalists in their Manifesto in 1977.

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