Pseudodemocracy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A government that holds elections but restricts civil liberties.

    "It has long been an article of faith that these pseudodemocracies are inherently unstable."

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"It has long been an article of faith that these pseudodemocracies are inherently unstable."

Etymology

From pseudo- + democracy.

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