Antidemocratic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Opposed to the tenets of democracy.
"The aesthetics at play were a bit antidemocratic, accelerationist, what have you; and mainstream coverage of the trend from this past spring cited propaganda experts on its allegedly alarming implications."
Example
More examples"Some people who hate minorities of all sorts claim that no gay people live in their country. Some antidemocratic or outright fascistic governments later attempt to make that absurd assertion a reality by the criminal prosecution of homosexual people or even their execution."
Etymology
From anti- + democratic.
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