nondemocratic
Britishadjective
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“Weaponizing calls for stability and peace in response to political violence is a real threat in democratic and nondemocratic countries globally.”
From Los Angeles Times
And then there are the accusations of sportswashing, as wealthy nondemocratic countries try to lure more sporting events to the Gulf.
From Los Angeles Times
In the latter, pyramid-like power systems were of two kinds: single-pyramid autocracies or multi-pyramid hybrid regimes with both democratic and nondemocratic political elements.
From Salon
This nondemocratic impetus at the church level exhibits itself as the idea of “dominionism” at the social level.
From Slate
To the argument that the United States has never signed a mutual defense pact with a nondemocratic country, some administration officials point to the 1953 treaty that President Dwight Eisenhower signed with South Korea, which at the time was a military dictatorship.
From Slate
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