people's democracy

English

Noun

people's democracy (countable and uncountable, plural people's democracies)

1. (politics) A theoretical concept within Marxism-Leninism and a form of government in communist states which developed after World War II and in theory allowed for a multi-class, multi-party democracy on the pathway to socialism, rather than a pure proletarian dictatorship.

Translations

Translations

• Estonian: rahvademokraatia
• Finnish: kansandemokratia (fi)
• French: démocratie populaire f
• Hungarian: népi demokrácia
• Polish: demokracja ludowa f