I do not see democracy as a binary property. If the majority of the population are illiberal and that country has constitutional protections for minorities or f

I do not see democracy as a binary property. If the majority of the population are illiberal and that country has constitutional protections for minorities or free speech then said country is undemocratic about the protection of minorities or freedom of speech but it can still be very democratic when it comes to, say, the tax rate. (But I'm happy to use your definition, it's just that with your definition, no country in the world would be a democracy. Not even a little bit.)