overdemocracy

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English

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Etymology

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From over- +‎ democracy.

Noun

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overdemocracy (uncountable)

  1. Excessive democracy.
    • 2004, Edward Beasley, Mid-Victorian Imperialists:
      Australia was a frontier society through and through. Thus, he said, its one major flaw was its overdemocracy. But as he argued in his closing words, overdemocracy was made up for by the heartiness and equality of the people and of the society they had made.