The phrase "decline of democracy" is correct and can be used in written English.
For example, you could write: "Many countries have seen a decline of democracy over the past several decades."
LONDON — One mystery of the first decade of the 21st century is the decline of democracy.
Foreign journalists and human rights activists have long assailed the decline of democracy under Mr. Putin.
Public life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts; commissioner on the Power inquiry into the decline of democracy.
He has bravely sought to alert the world to the persecution that opponents of Chávez and his regime constantly suffer, as well as to the decline of democracy in his country over the decade of Chávez's rule.
Jill Lepore's article on the power and the corrosive influence of money on American politics should be a wake-up call for all who are concerned about the decline of democracy in the U.S. ("The Crooked and the Dead," August 25th).
Dig out back issues of The Ecologist magazine, which he edited for six years from early 2000, and make acquaintance with an inquiring, passionate, dedicated world-saver, calling for the cancellation of poor nations' debts, denouncing Blairite collusion with global corporations and giving Tony Benn space to lament the decline of democracy.
Nader got up and talked about the relentless decline of our democracy and the "billion-dollar boondoggle to build the new stock exchange in the bastion of global capitalism".
It is the decline of a democracy (partly as its media died, thank you Conrad Black) and the descent of a nation into a political stasis, and it could happen to any country that doesn't mind the political store.
The fall of PASOK and the decline of New Democracy led to an electoral diffusion.
Mr. Aristide's decade-long decline from hero of democracy to belligerent strongman provides a backdrop for Mr. Leth's focus on two Chimère leaders as they struggle for dominance and survival amid chaos and squalor.
In many European capitals, Brexit is cited as the first panel in a sinister triptych depicting the decline of western liberal democracy, alongside Trump's election and the candidacy of Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's far-right National Front, for her country's presidency next spring.
