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social democracy

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social democracy
1PPP [uncountable] a political and economic system based on some ideas of socialism combined with democratic principles, such as personal freedom and government by elected representatives
2 [countable]PPPPG a country with a government based on social democracy
—social democrat noun [countable]
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