平へい民みん主しゅ義ぎ

noun

democracy; democratic principle

A somewhat older term for democracy, often associated with early 20th-century Japanese democratic movements. In modern usage, 民主主義 (みんしゅしゅぎ) is more common.

• 彼かれは平へい民みん主しゅ義ぎの理り念ねんを熱ねっ心しんに説といた。

  He passionately advocated the ideals of democracy.

• 平へい民みん主しゅ義ぎは大たい正しょう時じ代だいに広ひろまった思し想そうだ。

  Heiminshugi is a thought that spread during the Taisho era.