Antidemocratic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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

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"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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