# pro-democracy
## English
### Alternative forms

* prodemocracy

### Etymology

From pro- +‎ democracy.

### Adjective

pro-democracy (comparative more pro-democracy, superlative most pro-democracy)
* In favor of democracy.
** 1989 June 21 [1989 June 19], “Premier Li Huan Visits Kinmen Island 18 Jun”, in Daily Report: China‎, numbers 81-118, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 81, column 2:Li also inspected a psychological warfare unit at Huchingtou, Liehyu, where he saw off a balloon carrying materials showing the free bastion of Taiwan's warm support for the pro-democracy movement on the China mainland.
** 1992, Richard Nixon, “The Pacific Triangle”, in Seize the Moment‎, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 179:The repression at Tiananmen Square dealt a serious but not fatal blow to the pro-democracy movement. It has been forced to lie dormant until a future moment of opportunity. As the revolutions in Eastern Europe proved, however, that moment will eventually come.
** 2003, Hillary Rodham Clinton, “Imagine the Future”, in Living History‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 457:Because it was a state visit, the Chinese government insisted on a formal arrival ceremony in Beijing. We usually conduct these ceremonies on the White House South Lawn, and the Chinese usually conduct theirs in Tiananmen Square. Bill and I debated whether we should attend a ceremony in Tiananmen Square, where Chinese authorities had used tanks to forcibly suppress pro-democracy demonstrations in June of 1989. Bill didn’t want to appear to endorse China’s repressive tactics and violations of human rights, but he understood the square’s importance over centuries of Chinese history and agreed to respect the Chinese request.
** 2009 January 8, Ian Ransom, “Chinese Internet operators apologize for lewd content”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 25 May 2022, Internet News:Analysts have linked the campaign to broader efforts to stifle dissent ahead of sensitive political dates this year, especially the 20th anniversary year of the government’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests centered on Beijing’s Tian’anmen Square in 1989.
** 2011, A Year on The Sauce, →ISBN, page 19:Families and supporters of the Redshirt protesters in Thailand handed in a letter to the London embassy yesterday calling for an end to the killings and suppression of pro-democracy campaigners.
** 2014, Linda Jaivin, Beijing‎, Reaktion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 161:One reason neo-Maoists have regained some traction in public debate (and why pro-democracy activism continues to ferment) is that although China has lifted itself from poverty, corruption and socio-economic inequality have reached levels that would make good King Zhao weep.
** 2019 April 15, Guo Rui, “Communist Party reformer Hu Yaobang remembered in low-key ceremony”, in South China Morning Post‎, archived from the original on 15 April 2019, Politics:While there were no official commemorative events for the icon of political reform, whose death sparked the 1989 pro-democracy movement and subsequent military crackdown, the anniversary was marked in a memorial in Gongqingcheng, Jiangxi province.
** 2020 October 27, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Yuda Masayuki, “Thailand protesters query German embassy on absent king”, in Nikkei Asia‎, Nikkei Inc, retrieved 2020-10-27:Pro-democracy demonstrations in the Thai capital saw Germany's embassy become the focus Monday as the throngs of protesters gathered in front of the mission asked Berlin to investigate whether King Maha Vajiralongkorn is inappropriately conducting state business on German soil.
** 2022 May 13, Jamelle Bouie, “Overturning Roe Will Not Make America More Democratic”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-05-13, Opinion:If states and state legislatures are supposed to be the place where democracy happens — and that itself is debatable — then these facts are a real challenge for the pro-democracy case against Roe.
** 2023 February 23, “Algeria dissolves pro-democracy group amid wider crackdown”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 2023-02-23‎:Algerian authorities on Thursday dissolved a decades-old pro-democracy group that participated in the peaceful protests which helped force the North African country’s long-time President Abdelaziz Bouteflika from office in 2019.
** 2023 March 27, Yair Rosenberg, “Netanyahu Flinched”, in The Atlantic‎, archived from the original on 2023-03-27, Ideas‎:The question now is not only whether the protesters can keep their movement alive through the coming weeks, but also whether they will prove able to build a true pro-democracy movement, expanding its aims beyond this bill to address Israel’s other long-standing deficits.
** 2023 May 14, Nikkei staff writers, “Thailand election latest: Opposition Move Forward, Pheu Thai coy on coalition”, in Nikkei‎:a general election campaign focused on whether the pro-military camp should remain in power or pro-democracy opposition groups should take the reins.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pro-democracy.
** (Hong Kong) The political parties in favor of democracy and against authoritarian rule.
*** 2014 October 23, “Pro-Democracy Banner Occupies Hong Kong’s Iconic Lion Rock, Spawns Memes”, in The Wall Street Journal‎, archived from the original on 2019-12-05‎:After occupying Hong Kong’s major roads, pro-democracy protesters have occupied a landmark dear to the hearts of the city’s residents.
*** 2019 November 18, Patrick Wintour, “China accuses Britain of taking sides on Hong Kong protests”, in The Guardian‎:Liu accused pro-democracy protesters of creating trouble in front of the Chinese embassy in London last week, painting Hong Kong independence slogans on on both sides of the gate, as well as pushing the territory’s justice minister, Teresa Cheng, to the ground.
*** 2020 December 12, Richard Lloyd Parry, “Have Covid and government brutality killed Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement?”, in The Times (World News)‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 October 2022‎:As the siege was petering out, elections had been held for the territory’s district councils in which the pro-democracy parties triumphed.
*** 2022 June 4, Vic Chiang, “Tiananmen vigils gain prominence in Taiwan as Chinese threat looms”, in The Washington Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 June 2022, Asia‎:On the 33rd anniversary of the crushing of pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, Taiwan has emerged as one of the last places in the Chinese-speaking world remembering the deaths of thousands at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, after authorities banned such demonstrations in Hong Kong.
*** 2023 February 12, Editorial Board, “In a Hong Kong courtroom, freedom itself is on trial”, in The Washington Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-02-13, Opinion‎:Sixteen prominent pro-democracy activists are charged with “subverting state power,” which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison, and 31 others who have already pleaded guilty will be sentenced at the trial’s conclusion.
*** 2023 May 29, Jessie Pang, Justin Fung, “Seven plead guilty at start of Hong Kong legislature storming trial”, in Reuters‎, archived from the original on 2023-05-29‎:A closely watched trial involving 13 people who stormed Hong Kong's legislature during pro-democracy protests in 2019 began on Monday with seven people pleading guilty to a rioting charge.
*** 2023 June 5, “Taipei holds vigil for Tiananmen Square Massacre”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-04, Taiwan News, page 2:An annual vigil was held in Taipei yesterday to remember the victims of a violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators by Chinese authorities in Beijing 34 years ago on June 4. […] He said that pro-democracy groups in Hong Kong had previously held large-scale vigils in Victoria Park every year on June 4 to remember the victims of Tiananmen Square, but Hong Kong authorities banned the event in 2020, citing COVID-19 concerns.
*** 2023 June 15, Didi Tang, “Spotify removes protest song Glory to Hong Kong”, in The Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 June 2023, World‎:While Beijing has credited the law with restoring peace and order to the city, it has been criticised by rights groups and western governments for imprisoning pro-democracy activists and undermining civil freedoms.
*** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pro-democracy.

### Further reading

* pro-democracy, prodemocracy at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
* “pro-democracy, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “pro-democracy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.