undemocratic

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Recent Examples of undemocratic Critics argue the blue slip process is outdated and undemocratic, enabling political gridlock. Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025 Cleaver and other Kansas City lawmakers have excoriated the effort, framing it as a brazen and undemocratic power grab that would dampen the voting power of Kansas City and its nearby suburbs. Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2025 Democrats responded that the unprecedented mid-decade gerrymander effort is totally undemocratic. Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025 Republicans have slammed Newsom’s effort as hyperpartisan and undemocratic. Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for undemocratic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undemocratic
nondemocratic
Adjective
  • Among the consequences will be a shrinking of the civic arena, which could create an opening for nondemocratic actors such as China and Russia to expand their regional influence.
    Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 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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“Undemocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undemocratic. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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