NONDEMOCRATIC Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

nondemocratic

adjective

Definition of nondemocratic

as in undemocratic

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Recent Examples of nondemocratic Sure, but any leader of any country, democratic, nondemocratic, whatever else, is going to want a military that’s competent. — 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 See All Example Sentences for nondemocratic

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undemocratic

Adjective

AfD has rejected any accusations of being undemocratic or even anti-constitutional and has repeatedly pushed back against the firewall.

— Kirsten Grieshaber, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026
At what point, in other words, might constitutionally legal political jockeying become fundamentally undemocratic?

— Anna Noryskiewicz, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026