protected democracy
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5.8
- noun
- Formal
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democracia protegida
- The "Santiago Commitment" on democracy, approved by the OAS General Assembly in June 1991, demonstrated an emerging consensus desirous of finding new ways to protect democracy.
Examples
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To maintain stability, the country has established a protected democracy that safeguards citizens' rights.
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In this region, they are proud of their protected democracy which upholds the principles of freedom and fairness.
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It is, as I have said, a protected democracy, with an intervention of the Armed Forces that goes beyond its proper role.
Academic text (1992) -
High-ranking local party officials secretly supported and protected democracy activists in an unprecedented manner, he said.
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It also lent credibility to the demands by opposition political parties and the armed forces that key elements of "protected democracy" be retained.
Academic text (1991) -
Thus, the incoming civilian government in Chile was forced to operate within the limits of a new political system intended to institutionalize what its creators called "protected democracy."
Academic text (1991) -
Permanent articles of the constitution were designed to ensure a "protected" democracy, one in which the military would continue to exercise a tutelary role over civilian governments in the future through a National Security Council (Drake and Jaksic, 1991; Loveman, 1991).
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A protected democracy ensures that all citizens can vote without fear of intimidation or interference.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase 'protected democracy' is compositionally built from 'protected' (shielded) modifying 'democracy' (a form of government), so its core meaning — a democracy that is shielded by safeguards — is directly inferable from the parts. This adjective+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will generally understand the intended sense even if some technical institutional nuances require higher-level knowledge.
Etymology
The term protected democracy comes from the image of a democracy being protected, like a house with locks or a shield keeping out danger. That's why a protected democracy means a system where laws and institutions act as 'safeguards' to keep elections and people's rights safe.