Predemocratic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Before democracy. not-comparable

    "Gordon Wood has pointed out that the founders belonged to a post-aristocratic, predemocratic age that nurtured the emergence of a self-conscious and unembarrassed political elite."

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"Gordon Wood has pointed out that the founders belonged to a post-aristocratic, predemocratic age that nurtured the emergence of a self-conscious and unembarrassed political elite."

Etymology

From pre- + democratic.

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