demokratioiden

Demokratioiden is Finnish and represents the genitive plural form of the noun demokratia, meaning democracy. It is used to indicate belonging to or a relation with multiple democracies, as in phrases such as demokratioiden määrä (the number of democracies) or demokratioiden kehitys (the development of democracies). The genitive plural is formed from the plural stem demokratio- with the suffix -iden, yielding demokratioiden.

The base word demokratia comes from Greek demos (people) and kratos (power) and entered Finnish through scholarly and political discourse. In contemporary usage, demokratia describes systems in which power is exercised by the people or their elected representatives, and demokratioiden refers to more than one such system rather than a single democracy.

In practice, demokratioiden is common in comparative politics, political science literature, and media when discussing multiple countries’ democratic regimes, trends across demokratioiden dimensions, or the situation in different demokratioiden contexts. The form is neutral and serves a grammatical function rather than signaling any particular political stance.

Notes on usage: as with any genitive plural form, the surrounding words determine meaning. For example, demokratioiden määrä specifies “the number of democracies,” while demokratioiden kehitys refers to “the development of democracies.”