民主主義

See also: 民主主义

Chinese

		democracy; monarch	doctrine; ideology; -ism doctrine; ideology; -ism; position; stance
trad. (民主主義)		民主	主義
simp. (民主主义)		民主	主义

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 民主主義

1. democracy

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
民	主	主	義
みん Grade: 4	しゅ Grade: 3	しゅ Grade: 3	ぎ Grade: 5
goon	kan'on

Alternative spelling
民主々義

Etymology

民主 (minshu, “democracy”) +‎ 主義 (-shugi, “-ism”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みんしゅしゅぎ [mìńshú shúꜜgì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [mʲĩɰ̃ɕɨ ɕɨ̥ɡʲi]

Noun

民(みん)主(しゅ)主(しゅ)義(ぎ) • (minshu shugi) 

1. democracy (rule by the people)

Usage notes

The spelling 民主々義 is now nonstandard, as the two 主 belong to separate words.

See also

• 民(みん)主(しゅ)制(せい) (minshusei) (government under the rule of its people)
• デモクラシー (demokurashī)

References

• Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
民	主	主	義

Noun

民主主義 • (minjujuui) (hangeul 민주주의)

1. hanja form^? of 민주주의 (“democracy”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
民	主	主	義

Noun

民主主義

1. chữ Hán form of dân chủ chủ nghĩa (“democracy”).