Dictionary of Democracy

1. DictionaryofDemocracy Palanga Senoji Gimnazija January 2019 Class III

2. Wordsanddefinitionsselectedby: • Juozapaityte Gabija • Kaminskaite Agne • Klemanskyte Vilma • Kryzevicius Deividas • Liutikaite Emilija • Lobanovaite Alija • Petreikyte Egle • Prasciunas Kornelijus • Putriute Aiste • Skripkauskas Lukas • Zemaitaitis Dovydas • Moderator – Kakliene Audra, teacher of English

6. Activism - a policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal. • Activist - a person who strongly believes in political change and campaigns to bring about political or social change. • Ageism - prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person's age. • Aristotle - one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers • Authorization - official permission for something to happen, or the act of giving someone official permission to do something.

7. Ballot - a piece of paper on which you write your vote. • Bipartisan - involving 2 political parties • Bureaucracy - an administrative system in which the need or inclination to follow rigid or complex procedures impedes effective action

8. Candidate - a person who applies for election • Capitalism - an economic system based on private ownership of capital. • Censor – (n.) a person whose job is to read books, watch films, etc. in order to remove anything offensive from them, or who reads private letters, especially ones sent during war or from prison, to remove parts considered unsuitable; (v.) remove something offensive • Citizen - a person who is a member of a particular country and who has rights because of being born there or because of being given rights, or a person who lives in a particular town or city. • Civil rights - the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality • Commission - a group of people entrusted by a government or other official body with authority to do something. • Common wealth - an independent country or community, especially a democratic republic. • Community - a group of people living in a particular local area. • Conservatism - commitment to traditional values and ideas with opposition to change or innovation. • Constitution - the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it; the set of political principles by which a state or organization is governed, especially in relation to the rights of the people it governs.

9. Democracy - a system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting. • Denationalize - put under private control or ownership • Dissolution - the termination of the current parliament, which takes place before a general election

10. Egalitarianism - the doctrine that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities. • Election - a time when people vote in order to choose someone for a political or official job. • Elections - a formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position. • Electorate - all the people who can vote in an election • Emancipation - the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation. • Equality - the right of different groups of people to have a similar social position and receive the same treatment; the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities. • European Union - the organization, since 1993, through which European governments who choose to be members make decisions and agree on shared action in social and economic matters.

11. Fairness - the quality of treating people equally or in a way that is right or reasonable. • Freedom - the condition or right of being able or allowed to do, say, think, etc. whatever you want to, without being controlled or limited. • Freedom of speech - the power or right to express one's opinions without censorship, restraint, or legal penalty

12. Government - the act of governing; exercising authority; the group of people with the authority to govern a country or state; a particular ministry in office • Greece – country that is described as the first known democracy in the world.

13. Ideology - imaginary or visionary theorization. • Immigrant - a person who has come into a foreign country in order to live there. • Independence - freedom from being governed or ruled by another country.

14. Judiciary - persons who administer justice. • Justice - the system of laws in a country that judges and punishes people.

15. Law - a rule defining correct procedure or behaviour • Leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others; a person in control of a group, country, or situation. • Liberalism - an attitude of respecting and allowing many different types of beliefs or behaviour. • Liberation - the act of liberating someone or something • Libertarian - a person who believes in free will. • Liberty - the power or scope to act as one pleases.

16. Majority - the larger number or part of something. • Nation - a politically organized body of people under a single government. • Nation hood - the state of being a nation • Organization - an entity comprising multiple people, such as an institution or an association, that has a particular purpose.

17. Parliament - in some countries, the group of elected politicians or other people who make the laws for their country. • Patriot - a person who loves their country and, if necessary, will fight for it. • Peace - freedom from disturbance; tranquility; freedom from war and violence, especially when people live and work together happily without disagreements. • Peaceful means - not involving war or violence. • Petition - a formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority in respect of a particular cause; a document signed by a large number of people demanding or asking for some action • President - the elected head of a republican state • Protest - a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something.

18. Reconciliation - the reestablishing of cordial relations. • Referendum - a general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision • Republic - a country without a king or queen, usually governed by elected representatives of the people and a president. • Republic - a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch. • Respect - politeness, honour, and care shown towards someone or something that is considered important. • Right - a moral or legal entitlement to have or do something. • Riot - a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd.

19. Schengen - an agreement between many countries of the European Union that allows people and goods to pass freely across the borders of each country without passport or other controls. • Sovereignty - the authority of a state to govern itself or another state. • Stability the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation • State - a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government. • Strike - to refuse to continue working because of an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels, or job losses. • Suffrage - the right to vote in political elections.

20. Term - a fixed or limited period for which something, for example office, imprisonment, or investment, lasts or is intended to last • Tolerance - toleration willingness to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them. • Union - the action of joining together or the fact of being joined together, especially in a political context. • United - if people are united, they all agree about something. • Voting - the activity of choosing someone or something in an election.