The phrase "attained democracy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the process of achieving or reaching a state of democracy, often in the context of a country or society transitioning to democratic governance.
Example: "After years of struggle and reform, the nation finally attained democracy, allowing its citizens to participate in free elections."
Alternatives: "achieved democracy" or "secured democracy".
The Nobel Committee said it wanted "to show its support for the many people throughout the world who are striving to attain democracy, human rights and ethnic conciliation by peaceful means". "Suu Kyi's struggle is one of the most extraordinary examples of civil courage in Asia in recent decades," the citation said.
"In awarding the Nobel Peace Prize... to Aung San Suu Kyi," the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced in 1991, it wished "to honour this woman for her unflagging efforts and to show its support for the many people throughout the world who are striving to attain democracy, human rights and ethnic conciliation by peaceful means".
To attain true democracy, "you need international observers.
In the last 50 years, Brazil, like Argentina, suffered through economic crises, military dictatorship and political corruption before attaining stable democracy.
Democratization has never been a straightforward affair, and the unprecedented global reach that democracy attained over the years has only intensified debates about its language, meaning, and prospects.
Alex Chan's take on the 2005 civil unrest in France, The French Democracy, attained mainstream attention and inspired other machinima commentaries on American and British society.
Although earlier political machinima films existed, The French Democracy attained an unprecedented level of mainstream attention, according to Paul Marino, executive director of the Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences AMASS).
Although real-time-rendered, three-dimensional computer animation (machinima) had been used in earlier political films, The French Democracy attained an unprecedented level of mainstream attention for political machinima.
That this egalitarian standard was never fully attained by contemporary democracies (Israel among them) has driven the movements for social justice across the last several centuries -- inspiring the anti-slavery movement, the women's movement, the labor movement, the civil rights movement, the gay/lesbian movement and most recently efforts to expand inclusion to those with special needs.
Huq and Ginsburg in Vox: "How to Lose a Constitutional Democracy" Scholars used to argue that democracy, once attained in a fairly wealthy state, would become a permanent fixture.
