UNDEMOCRATIC Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

undemocratic

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Recent Examples of undemocratic The upper chamber’s undemocratic character has been warped further by the filibuster. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026 And all this is happening while the economy has globalized — something that many political economists thought would encourage democracy among previously undemocratic nations. — José Kaire, The Conversation, 17 July 2026 Critics called the change an unjustified, undemocratic sidestepping of the state constitution and the will of voters. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 Biden likened the matches to Roman gladiator fights staged by 1st century emperors during undemocratic times. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for undemocratic

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Particularly in authoritarian or nondemocratic nation-states, journalists can be jailed or harassed for doing their job of reporting on abuses of power.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
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

Definition of nondemocratic

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Lampooning authority is even common in autocratic societies where governments spend large sums of money suppressing speech.

— Christopher von Rueden, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2026
Despite the many obstacles to deployment, the technology is already bringing autocratic regimes the upsides of cheaper surveillance, smarter censorship, and fewer human subordinates to fear and distrust.

— Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of autocratic

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Any transgression of new standards of speech and behavior could put someone at risk of social banishment, in the truly despotic shape of cancellation.

— Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
The comedy of errors that follows as Ina attempts to solve the nation’s problems, from traffic congestion to energy crisis, doubles as a critique of the despotic regime and the tumult of living in such hellish times.

— Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of despotic

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Domingo played the tyrannical show-biz patriarch Joe Jackson in the movie.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
Her little acts of rebellion towards her tyrannical teachers attract the admiration of three other misfits and the four girls form an inseparable group.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of tyrannical

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