..... is government by the people; especially:rule of the majority:a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.

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____ is government by the people; especially:rule of the majority:a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.

A	Democracy
B	Popular Sovereignty
C	Enlightment
D	Laissez-faire

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Democracy was defined as a “Government of the people, by the people and for the people” by Abraham Lincoln.

Detailed explanation-2: -Democracy (from Ancient Greek: , romanized: dēmokratía, dēmos ‘people’ and kratos ‘rule’) is a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation ("direct democracy"), or to choose governing officials to do so ("representative democracy").

Detailed explanation-3: -Indirect democracy is a form of democracy in which elected representatives administer the government. In a direct democracy, citizens take part in the government’s decision-making process directly.

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