: opposed or hostile to the theories or policies of democracy
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By partly neutralizing criticism that its leaders are elitist or antidemocratic, the right has been able to focus on issues that play to its strengths.
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Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
That is why critics of gerrymandering are right to regard it as antidemocratic.
—Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
And since mid-2021, major central banks have struggled to keep inflation low, raising questions from populist and antidemocratic politicians about the merits of an arm’s-length relationship.
—Ana Carolina Garriga, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
This bifurcation, which began during the Reagan years—and was anticipated by Richard Nixon’s administrative presidency—has accelerated in the decades since, fueled by the rise of populism, its political power, and its antidemocratic sentiments.
—Terry M. Moe, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
That is why critics of gerrymandering are right to regard it as antidemocratic.
—Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
And since mid-2021, major central banks have struggled to keep inflation low, raising questions from populist and antidemocratic politicians about the merits of an arm’s-length relationship.
—Ana Carolina Garriga, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
This bifurcation, which began during the Reagan years—and was anticipated by Richard Nixon’s administrative presidency—has accelerated in the decades since, fueled by the rise of populism, its political power, and its antidemocratic sentiments.
—Terry M. Moe, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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“Antidemocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antidemocratic. Accessed 29 Dec. 2025.
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