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I'm trying to come up with a good phrase for the society that we as U.S. citizens have in this wonderful country. I believe that we are living in a society that is the antithesis of Democracy. My dude and I are playing with a couple of terms. He tells me I’m crazy for not copyrighting my blog and I think he’s correct. I gotta change that like now.


Main Entry: Tory Democracy
Function: noun
: a political philosophy advocating preservation of established institutions and traditional principles combined with political democracy and a social and economic program designed to benefit the common man

Entry: republicanism
Function: noun
1 : adherence to or sympathy for a republican form of government
2 : the principles or theory of republican government
3 capitalized a : the principles, policy, or practices of the Republican party of the U.S. b : the Republican party or its members

WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY AN ONLINE DICTIONARY (BUT CAN GET A 2 WEEK TRIAL FOR NOW) FOR THE UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY SERVICE TO GET THE DEFINITION OF THE WORD DEMOCRATISM?


Main Entry: pure democracy
Function: noun
: democracy in which the power is exercised directly by the people rather than through representatives

Entry: democracy
Function: noun
1 a : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
2 : a political unit that has a democratic government
3 capitalized : the principles and policies of the Democratic party in the U.S.
4 : the common people especially when constituting the source of political authority
5 : the absence of hereditary or arbitrary class distinctions or privileges

Entry: democratic
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, or favoring democracy
2 often capitalized : of or relating to one of the two major political parties in the U.S. evolving in the early 19th century from the anti-federalists and the Democratic-Republican party and associated in modern times with policies of broad social reform and internationalism
3 : relating to, appealing to, or available to the broad masses of the people
4 : favoring social equality : not snobbish
- democratically/ adverb

Entry: republic
Function: noun
1 a (1) : a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president (2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government b (1) : a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law (2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government c : a usually specified republican government of a political unit
2 : a body of persons freely engaged in a specified activity
3 : a constituent political and territorial unit of the former nations of Czechoslovakia, the U.S.S.R., or Yugoslavia

Main Entry: Democratic-Republican
Function: adjective
: of or relating to a major American political party of the early 19th century favoring a strict interpretation of the constitution to restrict the powers of the federal government and emphasizing states' rights

Entry: democrat
Function: noun
1 a : an adherent of democracy b : one who practices social equality
2 capitalized : a member of the Democratic party of the U.S.

Entry: 1republican
Function: noun
1 : one that favors or supports a republican form of government
2 capitalized a : a member of a political party advocating republicanism b : a member of the Democratic-Republican party or of the Republican party of the U.S.

Entry: 2republican
Function: adjective
1 a : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a republic b : favoring, supporting, or advocating a republic c : belonging or appropriate to one living in or supporting a republic
2 capitalized a : DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN b : of, relating to, or constituting the one of the two major political parties evolving in the U.S. in the mid-19th century that is usually primarily associated with business, financial, and some agricultural interests and is held to favor a restricted governmental role in economic life

Main Entry: brass collar Democrat
Function: noun
: a conservative Democrat especially in the south who votes the straight Democratic ticket

Main Entry: state capitalism
Function: noun
: an economic system in which private capitalism is modified by a varying degree of government ownership and control

Entry: capitalism
Function: noun
: an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market

Entry: 1capitalist
Function: noun
1 : a person who has capital especially invested in business; broadly : a person of wealth : PLUTOCRAT
2 : a person who favors capitalism

Entry: plutocracy
Function: noun
1 : government by the wealthy
2 : a controlling class of the wealthy
- plutocrat - plutocratic - plutocratically/ adverb

Entry: 2capitalist
Variant(s): or capitalistic
Function: adjective
1 : owning capital
2 a : practicing or advocating capitalism b : marked by capitalism
- capitalistically

Main Entry: social democracy
Function: noun
: a political movement advocating a gradual and peaceful transition from capitalism to socialism by democratic means
- social democrat noun
- social democratic adjective

Main Entry: democratic centralism
Function: noun
: a principle of Communist party organization by which members take part in policy discussions and elections at all levels but must follow decisions made at higher levels

Main Entry: Marx
Function: biographical name
Karl Heinrich 1818-1883 German political philosopher & socialist; author of The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Das Kapital (1867, 1885, 1894; completed by F. Engels); founder of historical materialism (Marxism); worked for social reforms and spread of Socialism
- Marxist/ adjective or noun

Main Entry: Marxism
Function: noun
: the political, economic, and social principles and policies advocated by Marx; especially : a theory and practice of socialism including the labor theory of value, dialectical materialism, the class struggle, and dictatorship of the proletariat until the establishment of a classless society
- Marx•ist/ noun or adjective

Main Entry: socialism
Function: noun
1 : any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
2 a : a system of society or group living in which there is no private property b : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
3 : a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done

Main Entry: utopian socialism
Function: noun
: socialism based on a belief that social ownership of the means of production can be achieved by voluntary and peaceful surrender of their holdings by propertied groups
- utopian socialist noun

Entry: socialist
Function: noun
1 : one who advocates or practices socialism
2 capitalized : a member of a party or political group advocating socialism
- socialist adjective, often capitalized
- socialistic - socialistically

Main Entry: socialist realism
Function: noun
: a Marxist aesthetic theory calling for the didactic use of literature, art, and music to develop social consciousness in an evolving socialist state
- socialist realist noun or adjective


Main Entry: national socialism
Function: noun
Usage: often capitalized N&S
: NAZISM
- national socialist adjective, often capitalized N&S

Entry: Nazism
Function: noun
: the body of political and economic doctrines held and put into effect by the National Socialist German Workers' party in the Third German Reich including the totalitarian principle of government, state control of all industry, predominance of groups assumed to be racially superior, and supremacy of the führer

Entry: neo-Nazi
Function: noun
: a member of a group espousing the programs and policies of Hitler's Nazis
- neo-Nazi adjective
- neo-Nazism/ noun

holla@me posted by MobiusRazor at 01:21