American, Australian, Canadian, Brazilian and Swiss are not languages). Using the term Flemish for the official language in Flanders is therefore not correct: the official language in Flanders is (standard) Dutch.ap showing the dialects spoken in the Benelux: many people in Flanders speak a dialect and the common Flemish, and understand spoken Dutch; in writing, the dialects are hardly used, while Flemish and Dutch are nearly identical in this regard. Belgian Dutch (Belgisch-Nederlands [ËbÉlÉ£is ËneËdÉrlÉnts].
Representative - The other type of democracy is a representative democracy. This is where the people elect representatives to run the government. Another name for this type of democracy is a democratic republic. The United States is a representative democracy.
The government of the United States is a form of democracy. noun. The definition of a democracy is a form of government in which the people rule, either directly or through elected representatives. An example of democracy is the type of government in the United States. pl. -Â·cies. 1  government in which the people hold the ruling power either directly or through elected representatives; rule by the ruled. 2  a country, state, etc. with such government.  majority rule.