nondemocratic
adjective
non·dem·o·crat·ic
ˌnän-ˌde-mə-ˈkra-tik 
: not democratic: such as
a
: not believing in or practicing democracy
nondemocratic countries
b
usually non-Democratic
: not of or relating to the Democratic Party in the U.S.
non-Democratic candidates/voters
Examples of nondemocratic in a Sentence
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But that same aid can also enable repression and entrench nondemocratic rule.
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Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2024
Despite the provocative title, the work is a strong defense of liberalism, arguing that some forms of nondemocratic rule, such as a meritocracy based on Confucian values, could better preserve liberal values than democracy can.
—Rana Mitter, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Among other things, Saudi officials want a NATO-level alliance with the United States in which an attack on one is an attack on all, long a taboo among US policymakers who do not want to be committed to coming to the defense of a nondemocratic monarchy in case of war.
—Peter Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2023
Among other things, Saudi officials want a NATO-level alliance with the United States in which an attack on one is an attack on all, long a taboo among American policymakers who do not want to be committed to coming to the defense of a nondemocratic monarchy in case of war.
—Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 29 July 2023
This thinking—embodied in the Washington consensus—held that foreign investment would spur economic modernization and loosen a nondemocratic government’s grip on the national economy.
—Abel Escribà-Folch, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2021
The survey also found that, for the first time, support in Israel for a nondemocratic regime — unequal rights between Israelis and Palestinians — is stronger than that for a two-state solution.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2023
And many of them scolded Biden over his choice to exclude the region’s nondemocratic governments.
—William Neuman, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022
America and its democratic allies, even at their best, are not strong and united enough to handle the world’s geopolitical challenges without enlisting the help of nondemocratic and even antidemocratic partners.
—Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2022
Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2024
Despite the provocative title, the work is a strong defense of liberalism, arguing that some forms of nondemocratic rule, such as a meritocracy based on Confucian values, could better preserve liberal values than democracy can.
—Rana Mitter, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Among other things, Saudi officials want a NATO-level alliance with the United States in which an attack on one is an attack on all, long a taboo among US policymakers who do not want to be committed to coming to the defense of a nondemocratic monarchy in case of war.
—Peter Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2023
Among other things, Saudi officials want a NATO-level alliance with the United States in which an attack on one is an attack on all, long a taboo among American policymakers who do not want to be committed to coming to the defense of a nondemocratic monarchy in case of war.
—Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 29 July 2023
This thinking—embodied in the Washington consensus—held that foreign investment would spur economic modernization and loosen a nondemocratic government’s grip on the national economy.
—Abel Escribà-Folch, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2021
The survey also found that, for the first time, support in Israel for a nondemocratic regime — unequal rights between Israelis and Palestinians — is stronger than that for a two-state solution.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2023
And many of them scolded Biden over his choice to exclude the region’s nondemocratic governments.
—William Neuman, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022
America and its democratic allies, even at their best, are not strong and united enough to handle the world’s geopolitical challenges without enlisting the help of nondemocratic and even antidemocratic partners.
—Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2022
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