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antidemocratic

/ ˌæntɪˌdɛməˈkrætɪk /

adjective

  1. opposed to the principles or practice of democracy

    anti-democratic forces

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Our most antidemocratic institution seems determined on creating and enforcing antidemocratic results, while denying that it is an activist, political institution.

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Her commitment to nonviolent change dates to the days of antidemocratic strongman Hugo Chávez.

Put bluntly, Texas, California, and whichever states join them are now engaged in an antidemocratic race to the bottom.

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This is a tactic that has been used to great effect in authoritarian regimes and by other antidemocratic actors around the world, because detention is by itself life-altering, demoralizing, and hobbles legal pushback.

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Moraes has been leading the investigation into allegations Bolsonaro and his allies committed "antidemocratic acts".

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