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Recent Examples of undemocratic
He is poised to sit on an undemocratic international body overseeing a people under a de facto military occupation.
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Dana El Kurd, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
One reason politicians get such a bad rap is that so many depict themselves as having pure, noble motives on high-profile issues while being unrepentant, undemocratic bullies when there are fewer cameras around.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
The sentence was intentionally undemocratic, deliberately cruel and over-the-top.
—Don McKellar, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Critics argue the blue slip process is outdated and undemocratic, enabling political gridlock.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
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Dana El Kurd, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
One reason politicians get such a bad rap is that so many depict themselves as having pure, noble motives on high-profile issues while being unrepentant, undemocratic bullies when there are fewer cameras around.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
The sentence was intentionally undemocratic, deliberately cruel and over-the-top.
—Don McKellar, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Critics argue the blue slip process is outdated and undemocratic, enabling political gridlock.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undemocratic
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One involves direct cooperation among nondemocratic powers, most notably China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela.—
NIC CHEESEMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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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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Iran's autocratic regime has quashed several previous waves of unrest, violently, and the source in Tehran told CBS News there was significant fear among many people that the current protests would draw a similar draconian crackdown.—
Tucker Reals,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Javier Corrales, an expert on Venezuelan politics, tells Isaac Chotiner about the autocratic methods that Maduro used to maintain power, and what might happen to the regime in his absence.—
Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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The proud and courageous Iranian people are rising up against the tyrannical, despotic and oppressive regime that imposed its vicious rule in 1979 and has governed by fear and murder ever since.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Jan. 2026
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Soon, Venezuelan Jews joined others in the country in growing sharply concerned about a crackdown on civil liberties, the worsening economy and Chávez’s praise for despotic leaders such as Saddam Hussein.—
Larry Luxner,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Jan. 2026
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Since the Pahlavi monarchy’s nation-building project began in 1925, successive governments, both monarchical and then the Islamic Republic, have treated ethnic diversity as a security challenge and repeatedly suppressed demands for political inclusion, language rights and local governance.—
Shukriya Bradost,
The Conversation,
13 Jan. 2026
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Adams, Washington’s successor, possessed monarchical impulses, but not a monarchical aura.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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Back in the late 1700s, with the demands of a tyrannical and unaccountable king at the front of their minds, the founders built a tariff order aimed at maintaining democratic legitimacy and preventing the concentration of power in a single individual’s hands.—
Kent Jones,
The Conversation,
17 Jan. 2026
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The proud and courageous Iranian people are rising up against the tyrannical, despotic and oppressive regime that imposed its vicious rule in 1979 and has governed by fear and murder ever since.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Undemocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undemocratic. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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