pseudo-Democratic
- a word derived from democratic.
Example Sentences
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On cable, there was sometimes a glimmer of satire or a hint of heart, and also an appealing pseudo-democratic idea about the accessibility of money and celebrity in a world that worships them.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2015
With them came the pseudo-democratic idea of "rotation in office," introduced into national politics by President Jackson, in 1829, and adopted by succeeding administrations.
From American Eloquence, Volume 1 Studies In American Political History (1896) by Johnston, Alexander
Meanwhile, by an amazing inconsequence, the imposition of these pseudo-democratic conditions became the ambition of precisely the most restive and acute critics of the political system upon which those conditions repose.
From The Sacred Egoism of Sinn Féin by Boyd, Ernest Augustus
