the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics | the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives |
a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school | the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group |
any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |