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Recent Examples of antidemocratic
Erdoğan’s creeping authoritarianism Mr. Erdoğan and his AKP have ruled Turkey with a creeping authoritarianism that has seen surges of antidemocratic actions.
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Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2025
As my research on democracy and human rights shows, the state government is becoming increasingly antidemocratic.
—Katie Scofield, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 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, 18 Apr. 2025
All of this provides leverage to counter Trump’s antidemocratic policies.
—Laura Gamboa, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2025
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Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2025
As my research on democracy and human rights shows, the state government is becoming increasingly antidemocratic.
—Katie Scofield, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 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, 18 Apr. 2025
All of this provides leverage to counter Trump’s antidemocratic policies.
—Laura Gamboa, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antidemocratic
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For decades, he’s been telling people that monstrous totalitarian powers control the medical system.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
15 May 2025
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Read More: 'John Wick' Fan-Favorite Star Returning for Spinoff In an alternate version of the United States led by a totalitarian regime, 100 boys walk in a life-or-death contest.—
Michileen Martin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 May 2025
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That this sincere notion dovetails with an itch to vacate her dour, oppressive home only adds to her determination.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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To be sure, Florida had its attractions, one of which was the sunny weather, although air conditioning was still rare at the time, and the heat and humidity could be oppressive for much of the year.—
Greg Daugherty,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
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From 2019 to 2020, the authoritarian petrostate paid $115,000 a month to now–Attorney General Pam Bondi and her firm to lobby on its behalf.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2025
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Orwell authored 1984, a bleak vision of the future where an authoritarian regime weaponizes language to suppress independent thought and rewrite history.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Venezuelans have been living under the autocratic regime of Nicolás Maduro for more than a decade amid runaway inflation, worsening poverty and widespread political persecution.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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In autocratic regimes, such as the one headed by the Kim family in North Korea, major construction projects like the Ryugyong Hotel serve the purpose of reinforcing the dictatorial government control.—
Ashley Gardini,
JSTOR Daily,
13 May 2025
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Copy Facebook Pinterest Photo by An Rong Xu From my airplane window, the Pearl River unfurled from fogged mountains in a glossy, pale-blue ribbon, a magisterial curve of water that defined the landscape with its flow.—
Bonnie Tsui,
AFAR Media,
6 May 2025
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And currently, there is Charles Gaines’ magisterial new works, Numbers and Trees, The Tanzania Baobabs, at Hauser & Wirth West Hollywood (on view through May 31, 2025).—
Tom Teicholz,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Coupled with his hateful rhetoric, threats, lies, erratic policies, trampling of the Constitution and abnormal fascination with childish superlatives, tyrannical figures and Soviet-era style military parades, there’s much to be concerned about.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 May 2025
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The Wolves rose up and defeated the tyrannical FEDRA, forcing them to abandon the quarantine zone.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Antidemocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antidemocratic. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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