Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

participatory democracy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables: par-tic-i-pa-to-ry democ-ra-cy
IPA

41

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

8

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of government in which citizens participate individually and directly in political decisions and policies affecting their lives, rather than through elected representatives.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

participatory democracies (plural)

Questions

What does participatory democracy mean?: A form of government in which citizens participate individually and directly in political decisions and policies affecting their lives, rather than through elected representatives.

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