| Main Entry: | democracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government in which people participate |
Synonyms: |
commonwealth, egalitarianism, emancipation, equalitarianism, equality, freedom, justice, liberal government, representative government, republic, suffrage |
| Notes: | a democracy is confined to a small spot while a republic is extended over a large region |
| Main Entry: | capitalism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | economic system of private ownership |
Synonyms: |
commercialism, competition, democracy, free enterprise, free market, industrialism, laissez faire economics, mercantilism, private enterprise |
Antonyms: |
communism |
| Main Entry: | commonwealth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political or geographic area |
Synonyms: |
body politic, citizenry, citizens, commonality, democracy, federation, nation, people, polity, republic, society |
| Notes: | a republic is a state or nation where the supreme power lies with its citizens; a commonwealth is an allied group of republics |
| Main Entry: | freedom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political independence |
Synonyms: |
abolition, abolitionism, autarchy, autonomy, citizenship, deliverance, delivery, democracy, discharge, disengagement, disimprisonment, emancipation, enfranchisement, exemption, extriction, franchise, home rule, immunity, impunity, liberation, liberty, manumission, parole, prerogative, privilege, probation, redemption, release, relief, representative government, rescue, salvage, salvation, self-determination, self-government, sovereignty |
Antonyms: |
communism, government, subjection, subordination, suppression |
| Main Entry: | liberation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freedom |
Synonyms: |
abolition, deliverance, democracy, emancipation, freeing, liberty, release, salvation, setting free, sovereignty, unchaining, unshackling |
| Main Entry: | nation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | country with its own government |
Synonyms: |
body politic, commonwealth, community, democracy, domain, dominion, empire, land, monarchy, people, populace, population, principality, public, race, realm, republic, society, sovereignty, state, tribe, union |
| Main Entry: | republic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nation |
Synonyms: |
commonwealth, democracy, state |