ANTI-REPUBLICAN Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

antirepublican

adjective

Definition of antirepublican

as in antidemocratic

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Adjective

Although federal courts during the late 19th century remained painfully silent on the constitutionality of these antidemocratic measures, contemporary observers saw these redistricting efforts as more than a simple act of seeking partisan advantage.

— Robert D. Bland, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
Tech leaders have quietly backed Anthropic, saying that AI isn’t ready for some weapons and that strong-arming companies is counterproductive and antidemocratic.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026

Definition of antidemocratic

Adjective

Navratilova defected from Czechoslovakia to the United States in 1975 at 18 years old, leaving a totalitarian regime to embrace American culture.

— Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Her character, June — called Offred to reflect her subservient role — was our entry point into the totalitarian world of Gilead, a patriarchal society in which handmaids are forced to bear the children of the elite.

— Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026

Definition of totalitarian

Adjective

In addition to facing each other, the Norway and England players will also have to battle oppressive heat and humidity on Saturday.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026
Rents in Rhode Island are particularly oppressive, with the average for a three-bedroom home costing nearly 30% of median income.

— Scott Cohn, CNBC, 10 July 2026

Definition of oppressive

Adjective

Communism’s pure economic theory is now rarely practiced anywhere — even if ruthless leaders in hybrid capitalist economies like China and Russia have retained the authoritarian iron fists of their predecessors.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Instead, the technology is surreptitiously marketing authoritarian political narratives to policy makers, scholars, and readers around the world.

— Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Definition of authoritarian

Adjective

Force’s plan came to fruition in 1837, when the government published nine volumes—most of them considerably more than 1,000 pages—under the magisterial title American Archives.

— T. H. Breen, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
But the magisterial opera composer Franz Schreker was shattered by the events of 1933 and died of a stroke the following year.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026

Definition of magisterial

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