government by the people : rule of the majority : such as; a form of government in which the people elect representatives to make decisions, policies, laws, etc. according to law —called also representative democracy… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering); based on or capable of being reduced to empirical factual knowledge… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com