: opposed or hostile to the theories or policies of democracy
Examples of antidemocratic in a Sentence
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Beijing is pursuing a raft of global initiatives designed to disintegrate the West and usher in an antidemocratic order.
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Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2024
Even in countries without states of emergency, the militarization of law enforcement can have damaging antidemocratic consequences.
—Gustavo Flores-Macías, Foreign Affairs, 20 Mar. 2024
Indeed, as Maduro maneuvers for another six-year term in July's presidential election, his antidemocratic crackdown continues.
—John Otis, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
Prabowo’s opponents argue that his record of military brutality and antidemocratic election denialism has merely been obscured by a smart campaign and that power would be dangerous in his hands.
—Ben Bland, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2024
Some argue that keeping Mr. Trump off the ballot is either antidemocratic or dangerous in our divided political climate.
—WSJ, 9 Jan. 2024
If the court’s legal reasoning is correct, obeying the rule of law produces an antidemocratic result.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
Efforts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government to ram through antidemocratic reforms had provoked the largest and most sustained protests the country had ever seen.
—Yohanan Plesner, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2023
The incipient war has had a unifying effect on Israeli society, which had been racked by protests against what critics call the increasingly right-wing and antidemocratic turn of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
—Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2023
Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2024
Even in countries without states of emergency, the militarization of law enforcement can have damaging antidemocratic consequences.
—Gustavo Flores-Macías, Foreign Affairs, 20 Mar. 2024
Indeed, as Maduro maneuvers for another six-year term in July's presidential election, his antidemocratic crackdown continues.
—John Otis, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
Prabowo’s opponents argue that his record of military brutality and antidemocratic election denialism has merely been obscured by a smart campaign and that power would be dangerous in his hands.
—Ben Bland, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2024
Some argue that keeping Mr. Trump off the ballot is either antidemocratic or dangerous in our divided political climate.
—WSJ, 9 Jan. 2024
If the court’s legal reasoning is correct, obeying the rule of law produces an antidemocratic result.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
Efforts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government to ram through antidemocratic reforms had provoked the largest and most sustained protests the country had ever seen.
—Yohanan Plesner, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2023
The incipient war has had a unifying effect on Israeli society, which had been racked by protests against what critics call the increasingly right-wing and antidemocratic turn of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
—Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2023
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“Antidemocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antidemocratic. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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