Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "dimokraɗiyya" shine tsarin samar da wani abu mafi dimokuradiyya, musamman ta hanyar ba da dama ga mutane da yawa don shiga cikin tsarin yanke shawara ko samun damar samun wasu gata ko dama da aka iyakance a baya. zaɓaɓɓu kaɗan. Hakanan yana iya komawa ga tsarin sauya gwamnati ko al'umma daga tsarin mulki ko na tsakiya zuwa tsarin dimokuradiyya, inda ake raba madafun iko a tsakanin jama'a.