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Recent Examples of undemocratic
Anything less is undemocratic and simply un-American.
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Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Legislators in other states should pass a law like the one in California to prevent the undemocratic shenanigans that in effect neutered voters in Montana and the Chicago area.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
The move was criticized as an undemocratic attempt to bar other Democrats from competing for the seat.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 5 Mar. 2026
Giving this White House another two years of unchecked power could lead to even more undemocratic schemes from a president who has shown a disdain for our electoral process and no interest in accountability.
—Eric H. Holder Jr, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2026
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Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Legislators in other states should pass a law like the one in California to prevent the undemocratic shenanigans that in effect neutered voters in Montana and the Chicago area.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
The move was criticized as an undemocratic attempt to bar other Democrats from competing for the seat.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 5 Mar. 2026
Giving this White House another two years of unchecked power could lead to even more undemocratic schemes from a president who has shown a disdain for our electoral process and no interest in accountability.
—Eric H. Holder Jr, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undemocratic
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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
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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
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The authority’s popularity has been weakened by corruption and autocratic rule, its failure to establish an independent state while Israel expands West Bank settlements, and divisions with Hamas.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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The country was once very free online, remarkable given President Vladimir Putin’s autocratic rule, but more recently access to global messaging apps has been restricted and the internet has been completely shut down at times as Moscow has sought to silence criticism.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Hard to Be a God is about a planet that has not been allowed to advance beyond the Middle Ages, and descended into a filthy, despotic, and violent world.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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Remarkably, among the foremost critics of Cuba’s single-party despotic rule is one of Castro’s own daughters, Alina Fernández Revuelta.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
11 Apr. 2026
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Nor was dominance by descendants of the Emerald Isle a case of monarchical nepotism.—
David McGrath,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Iran’s inclinations toward democracy date at least to 1905, when a revolution diminished monarchical power and established a parliament.—
John M. Crisp,
Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2026
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Beyond blood, these women are tied together by destiny and the decisions of the violent and tyrannical men surrounding them.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
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All the orchestration and glamour of the rally, the glory of the Leader, was meant to tell a story—of a nation wounded from within, of a fifth column, of tyrannical foreign countries, of an economic crisis, and of a grandiose account of renewal and coming greatness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Undemocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undemocratic. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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