Nondemocracy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any political system that is not democratic. uncountable

    "In democracy, the citizens get relatively higher benefits; the elites benefit in nondemocracy."

  2. 2
    A regime, country etc. that is not democratic. countable

    "Jeffrey Toobin, a lawyer and legal commentator, called the move “a grotesque abuse of power by the president of the United States”. “This is the kind of thing that goes on in non-democracies,” Toobin said."

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"In democracy, the citizens get relatively higher benefits; the elites benefit in nondemocracy."

Etymology

From non- + democracy.

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