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Recent Examples of antidemocratic
Like many of his colleagues, Edwards conceded that Trump and MAGA expressed disturbingly antidemocratic sentiments that exceeded presidential norms.
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Jason Blakely, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
By partly neutralizing criticism that its leaders are elitist or antidemocratic, the right has been able to focus on issues that play to its strengths.
—Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Indiana’s vote should also mark the end of the absurd and antidemocratic gerrymandering push by the president.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 16 Dec. 2025
That is why critics of gerrymandering are right to regard it as antidemocratic.
—Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Jason Blakely, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
By partly neutralizing criticism that its leaders are elitist or antidemocratic, the right has been able to focus on issues that play to its strengths.
—Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Indiana’s vote should also mark the end of the absurd and antidemocratic gerrymandering push by the president.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 16 Dec. 2025
That is why critics of gerrymandering are right to regard it as antidemocratic.
—Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antidemocratic
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Ortega modeled his revolution on Cuba, which by then had clearly become a totalitarian basket case.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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All of those constructs serve the purpose of imagining the Democrats not as a rival coalition with opposing policies but as a unified, impersonal force that is always on the precipice of totalitarian control.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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The early heat wave comes less than a month after oppressive heat choked much of the western United States.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
14 Apr. 2026
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Based on Margaret Atwood’s 2019 novel, the sequel series returns to the oppressive, patriarchal society, this time through the lens of teenagers Agnes (Chase Infiniti) and Daisy (Lucy Halliday).—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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Founded by George Soros after the fall of communism, the university says the authoritarian government of Viktor Orbán forced 90% of its teaching operations out of the country in 2019, leaving behind a stark symbol of how far the nation has moved during the prime minister’s 16-year regime.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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Reminiscent of authoritarian regimes, experts say What's branding in business is problematic in governance.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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Vince still exerted autocratic control.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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War could spread beyond Sudan The conflict exploded from a power struggle that emerged following Sudan’s transition to democracy after an uprising forced the military ouster of longtime autocratic President Omar Bashir in April 2019.—
Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Zenyatta was such a filly, Seattle Slew was such a colt; more recently, the magisterial Flightline and Bill Mott’s tough late closer Sovereignty reassure us that the sport has much life yet in it, that our grand river of breeding stock is healthy and deep.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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With this reinvention, the show morphed from a workplace drama into something more like a magisterial airport novel.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
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As someone who dealt with overzealous RAs, thank you for shining a light on their tyrannical ways.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2026
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The Trueba family’s passions, struggles, and secrets span a century of violent social change, culminating in a crisis that hurls the proud, tyrannical patriarch and his beloved granddaughter towards opposite sides of the fence.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Antidemocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antidemocratic. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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