undemocratic

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Recent Examples of undemocratic Republicans have slammed Newsom’s effort as hyperpartisan and undemocratic. Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025 Real patriots pay no heed to such undemocratic, childish rhetoric. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2025 This underhanded, undemocratic tinkering with the other party’s primary robbed Maryland voters of full choice and of a more serious debate of issues by the party’s nominees. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2025 At a minimum, success will require acknowledging that past attempts at reconciliation were fundamentally undemocratic. Eun A Jo, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2022 See All Example Sentences for undemocratic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undemocratic
nondemocratic
Adjective
  • While a majority of youth in Africa still retain an apparent preference for democracy to other forms of governance, a growing proportion would embrace nondemocratic governance under some circumstances, according to the 2024 African Youth Survey.
    Richard Aidoo, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Most concerning for citizens in nondemocratic countries is that many of these centralized systems rely on an input identity, which can penalize individuals whose gender or ethnicity reduces their autonomy within society.
    Nikita Sachdev, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025

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“Undemocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undemocratic. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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