# worlds largest democracy (superlative)

*Ordinarily means:* a country's description of itself as the biggest or oldest democracy

A collective self naming itself the extreme of a kind others also have, offering being first in that kind as its status among them.

- Computed level: L21 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: published  ·  Domain: agency

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [collective self](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-collective-self.shared), [name](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-name.identifier), [extreme](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-extreme.position), [pattern](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pattern.regularity), [others](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-others.distinct-entities), [first](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-first.order), [offers](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-offers.proposal), [self-model](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-self-model.reflexive), [status](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-status.social), [identity](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-identity.self)

**Through:** The self model picks a kind the group shares with others and a measure on which it is first; the superlative then works as identity and status at once, and holds as long as the measure does.

**Novel properties:**
- size or age turned into identity
- a rank on one measure offered as standing
- a claim open to checking by a number

## Examples
- India is commonly called the world's largest democracy, having the largest electorate of any country. *(politics)*

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-worlds-largest-democracy.superlative.json*  
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