democracy advocate
Votes-for-all supporter
A democracy advocate is someone who actively promotes democratic governance—free elections, civil liberties, and political participation.
The term appears frequently in news coverage of authoritarian countries, where democracy advocates often face persecution: The democracy advocate was sentenced to five years in prison.
In democratic nations, the phrase may describe activists pushing for voting rights or electoral reform.
- political prisonerJailed for ideology
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- grassroots organizingLocal citizen-led collective action
- grassroots movementCitizen-led collective action campaign
Nelson Mandela · authoritarianism · Martin Luther King Jr. · civic participation · equality · censorship · freedom of speech · Rosa Parks · peaceful protest · transparency · Malala Yousafzai · rule of law · accountability · justice · pluralism · suffragette · voter suppression · protests
democracy advocateauthoritarian
Favoring absolute control
autocrat · dictator · fascist · totalitarian · tyrant
democracy advocateelitist
One favoring the privileged
oligarch · aristocrat · technocrat · Leninist · Stalinist
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