undemocratic

adjective

un·​dem·​o·​crat·​ic ˌən-ˌde-mə-ˈkra-tik 

: not democratic : not agreeing with democratic practice or ideals

undemocratically

ˌən-ˌde-mə-ˈkra-ti-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of undemocratic in a Sentence

The proposed law is fundamentally undemocratic.

Recent Examples on the Web

AfD has rejected any accusations of being undemocratic or even anti-constitutional and has repeatedly pushed back against the firewall. — Kirsten Grieshaber, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026

At what point, in other words, might constitutionally legal political jockeying become fundamentally undemocratic? — Anna Noryskiewicz, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026

Chemerinsky isn’t the first to gape at the Supreme Court’s undemocratic features. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

The injustices faced by Black people serve as a gauge for how undemocratic and divisive the world has been and still is. — Literary Hub, 27 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for undemocratic

• adiabatic
• aristocratic
• asymptomatic
• axiomatic
• diagrammatic
• diaphragmatic
• electrostatic
• endolymphatic
• epigrammatic
• homeostatic
• idiomatic
• magnetostatic