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UNDEMOCRATIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals
Example:
the union broke with its past undemocratic procedures
Classified under:
Similar:
authoritarian; autocratic; despotic; dictatorial; tyrannic; tyrannical (characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty)
despotic (ruled by or characteristic of a despot)
monarchal; monarchic; monarchical (ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch)
totalitarian (characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control)
Antonym:
democratic (characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality)
