English Explanatory Dictionary

people's democracy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A theoretical concept within Marxism-Leninism and a form of government in communist states which developed after World War II and in theory allowed for a multi-class, multi-party democracy on the pathway to socialism, rather than a pure proletarian dictatorship.

Word forms

people's democracy people's democracies
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