word
deliberative democracy
deh-LIB-er-ah-tiv deh-MOK-rah-see
dɪˈlɪbərətɪv dɪˈmɒkrəsiListen
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Syllable breakdown
deliberativedemocracy
Dictionary meaning
a theory of democratic legitimacy holding that political decisions are justified when they result from a process of authentic public reasoning among free and equal citizens, in which participants are willing to offer and respond to reasons and update their views in light of better arguments; associated with Jürgen Habermas's communicative action framework and John Rawls's notion of public reason; emphasises the quality of the deliberative process rather than merely the aggregation of pre-formed preferences
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