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Recent Examples of antidemocratic
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has been under government surveillance for years, suspected of antidemocratic activity.
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Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 12 May 2025
These fissures are where Islamism leaps in to segregate, cohort, and indoctrinate with antidemocratic illiberal Islamist values forming the milieu ripe for radicalization, including terrorism and evolutionary jihad.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Erdoğan’s creeping authoritarianism Mr. Erdoğan and his AKP have ruled Turkey with a creeping authoritarianism that has seen surges of antidemocratic actions.
—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
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Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 12 May 2025
These fissures are where Islamism leaps in to segregate, cohort, and indoctrinate with antidemocratic illiberal Islamist values forming the milieu ripe for radicalization, including terrorism and evolutionary jihad.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Erdoğan’s creeping authoritarianism Mr. Erdoğan and his AKP have ruled Turkey with a creeping authoritarianism that has seen surges of antidemocratic actions.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antidemocratic
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But a vampire boyfriend for Bella and gladiatorial combat in a totalitarian dystopia for Katniss—and ultimate wind-in-the-hair domestic bliss for both—leave the current social realities of teen life behind.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2025
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He’s dressed in totalitarian black, and his goons are soon chasing a poor family, baby in tow.—
Matthew J. Palm,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 June 2025
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For those still experiencing the oppressive heat, here are some tips for how to find your own bit of relief.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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But what is a heat dome, and why does the phenomenon bring oppressive heat with it?—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
26 June 2025
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Defending institutions of higher education from increasingly authoritarian measures is an important way to safeguard not only academic freedom, but the legacy of 1776 as well.—
Time,
Time,
1 July 2025
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Even among authoritarian regimes, differences in values can limit cooperation.—
Leon Aron,
The Atlantic,
29 June 2025
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This was the fantasy in 1953, when the CIA and the British intelligence overthrew Mohammad Mossadegh, Iran’s prime minister who had nationalized the country’s oil, and delivered Iran to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s autocratic rule.—
Narges Bajoghli,
Time,
19 June 2025
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Most Third World states, for example, that were born as democracies lapsed into dictatorships or became autocratic shortly after independence.—
ASHLEY J. TELLIS,
Foreign Affairs,
17 June 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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The regime’s tyrannical efforts to control and extinguish their savings were futile against their newfound freedom money.—
Mauricio Di Bartolomeo,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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In the sequel, Atwood focuses on how tyrannical regimes destroy themselves.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 May 2025
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“Antidemocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antidemocratic. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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