Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
Find me any reputable dictionary, and provide the definition of democracy.
I agree that you are correct by definition. Democracy as a general descriptive has been used to describe various forms of government structure for centuries: direct, representative, republican, constitutional monarchy, etc.. Each of those has its own validity & argument in favor. Ours has always been a Republican & representative form of democracy. The Constitution, Bill of Rights, English Common Law traditions, electoral college, checks & balances, separated branches & federal/state/local divisions were all established to prevent tyrannical rule by one man or by a temporary electoral majority.
Though, It is worth pointing out that the collective definition of Democracy (i.e. government of a free people) gets purposely comingled by Democrats with the more specific definition of direct democracy (i.e. majority rule with no constitution) for a very useful reason. The fact that they claim to have won a majority of the popular vote (electoral fraud & the fact that we dont use a direct popular vote, not withstanding) has apparently convinced them that they will forever receive popular majorities. The fact that they have lost the Constitutionally proscribed method of election matters less than their ego & drive for power. So they go about trying to say that we are a democracy, that direct, popular majorities are supposed to rule & that the our Constitutionally republican processes are illegitimate.
It’s like everything else. It’s bait & switch. Perhaps their assumption that they will truly & forever be beneficiaries of a popular majority is most annoying. Nothing is permanent 😉