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Sure, but any leader of any country, democratic, nondemocratic, whatever else, is going to want a military that’s competent.
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2026
In nondemocratic regimes, senior officials wall themselves off from reality because their underlings are afraid to deliver bad news.
—Donald Moynihan, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
One involves direct cooperation among nondemocratic powers, most notably China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela.
—Nic Cheeseman, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
What happens in nondemocratic countries One way to see how important a robust civil society can be is to look at what happens in countries that do not have one.
—Christopher Justin Einolf, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2025
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2026
In nondemocratic regimes, senior officials wall themselves off from reality because their underlings are afraid to deliver bad news.
—Donald Moynihan, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
One involves direct cooperation among nondemocratic powers, most notably China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela.
—Nic Cheeseman, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
What happens in nondemocratic countries One way to see how important a robust civil society can be is to look at what happens in countries that do not have one.
—Christopher Justin Einolf, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nondemocratic
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Regardless of why Americans express neutrality, those who do so are just as likely to vote for authoritarian politicians as the relatively small number of Americans (less than 1 in 5) who explicitly support undemocratic practices.—
Matthew E.K. Hall,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
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Nobel laureates Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson argue that when wealth is concentrated at the top, elites become willing to back undemocratic candidates to protect their assets from redistribution.—
Sarita Gupta,
Time,
2 June 2026
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“Nondemocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nondemocratic. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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