Proponents of a definition of democracy might argue that ""countries can always undergo further democratization and that the question of democracy is not restricted to whether countries meet a minimum threshold.""

substantive

Explanation:

Substantive democracy requires repentance of the people in such a way that govt acts in the interest of the people and not of the few dominant sections. Whats makes its distinct form of democracy that this type of democracy not only structure in a democratic way but also functions democratically. For example, when a country has a constitutional base but one political party gets an absolute majority, it loses democracy practically and therefore lost its substantive character.

classical republicanism, also known as civic humanism, is a form of republicanism  developed in the renaissance inspired by the governmental forms and writings of  classical  antiquity, especially such  classical  writers as aristotle, polybius, and cicero.