However, this definition of the term took some time to be accepted.

However, this is not the exclusive definition or requirement of the term.

There is no single fixed global definition of the term.

This was the traditional definition and usage of the term.

It also set a narrower definition of the term in the process.

This cannot be described as democracy by any definition of the term.

Different definitions of the term have developed, as explained in the following sections.

Despite the above however, there is no agreed definition of the term.

But it does not include political freedom by any definition of the term.

There is clearly no single accepted definition of the term.