Predemocratic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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