ANTIREPUBLICAN 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

The foundation’s goal is to memorialize those killed by communist regimes and pursue freedom for people still living under totalitarian rule.

— Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 17 July 2026
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

Definition of totalitarian

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Socialism is an expansive term, applicable both to Scandinavian social democracies with strong private sectors and to authoritarian Communist regimes.

— James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
The data shows that democracies are overrepresented at the World Cup and also tend to do better than authoritarian nations – but does that matter?

— John A. Tures, Fortune, 19 July 2026

Definition of authoritarian

Adjective

Nolan divides the sacking of Troy into two lengthy sequences, both shot under cover of darkness but edited (by Jennifer Lame) with a magisterial clarity.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
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

Definition of magisterial

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