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Recent Examples of undemocratic
These methods, while less exacting, are also woefully undemocratic, allowing lawmakers to act independently from and against the interests of the American public.
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Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025
He is poised to sit on an undemocratic international body overseeing a people under a de facto military occupation.
—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
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Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025
He is poised to sit on an undemocratic international body overseeing a people under a de facto military occupation.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undemocratic
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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
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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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Elections become charades in a lot of autocratic countries.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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For those unfamiliar with him, Piëch was an eccentric and autocratic engineering mastermind responsible for the original Audi Quattro and the modern VW Beetle.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2026
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The men who rule the Islamic Republic of Iran came to power in 1979 after millions of ordinary people filled the streets to demand the end of a despotic regime.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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The first Mistborn trilogy of books centered on metal-using magicians who attempt to overthrow a despotic empire.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
28 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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They might also be saddened that 250 years after declaring independence from a tyrannical British king, the American system of government has arguably less democratic accountability for its leaders than the British one.—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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To be an Iranian today is to live within the memory and continuity of Persian civilization, to sustain an ethics of beauty and embody an act of resistance against an ugly and tyrannical Iran.—
Ramin Jahanbegloo,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Undemocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undemocratic. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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