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The phrase "a democracy without" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the absence of certain elements or principles that are typically associated with a democracy.
Example: "We cannot imagine a democracy without free and fair elections."
Alternatives: "a democracy lacking" or "a democracy devoid of".
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Peru is a democracy without meaningful parties.
At best, it's a democracy without democrats.
"How can you have a democracy without roots?
Trying to construct a democracy without demos is artificial and will not solve the legitimacy problem.
No project on this scale would pass in a democracy without local criticism.
"Back then, we believed we could build a democracy without a state. . . .
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There are a whole host of little lessons one learns when working in First Amendment law: What is vulgar to one person might be poetic to another, occasional offense is a small price to pay for a pluralistic democracy, without a free press there can be no meaningful democratic process, etc.
He and his comrades achieved the seemingly impossible, turning the apartheid state into a nonracial democracy without a civil war.
Exercising that right is the essence of civil society activity, and you can't have a flourishing democracy without a flourishing civil society.
When Newsom acknowledged that San Francisco was becoming unaffordable to many residents — "Can't have a vibrant democracy without a vibrant middle class" — I asked how "Citizenville" addressed this problem.
This time it was a presidential democracy without a president.
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