undemocratic

adjective

un·​dem·​o·​crat·​ic ˌən-ˌde-mə-ˈkra-tik How to pronounce undemocratic (audio)
: not democratic : not agreeing with democratic practice or ideals
undemocratically adverb

Examples of undemocratic in a Sentence

The proposed law is fundamentally undemocratic.
Recent Examples on the Web This segment of What’s Ahead discusses yet another undemocratic method of overriding or ignoring popular opinion: a referendum that ostensibly has one purpose—a popular one—but is cleverly worded to achieve agendas that most people oppose. Steve Forbes, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 Majority-Black communities have been experiencing these overthrows of their local governments since the post-Civil War period, and the most recent wave of these undemocratic overthrows could affect the outcome of the 2024 Presidential election. Domingo Morel / Made By History, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024 Despite the government’s expansion of a fundamentally undemocratic occupation regime after 1967, democracy for Israeli citizens improved for several decades. Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2024 This undemocratic decision was such a resounding failure that in March 2024, Haitian gangs revolted against Henry’s administration, unleashing a wave of gruesome violence that ultimately forced Henry out of office. Nathan H. Dize, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for undemocratic 

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Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of undemocratic was in 1839

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“Undemocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undemocratic. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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