ADJECTIVE | all | undemocratic | not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals |
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Sounds | ah.ndehmahkrae'tihk | |
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Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... |
Meaning | not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals. | |
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Example | "the union broke with its past undemocratic procedures" | |
Narrower | authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical | characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule |
despotic | Ruled by or characteristic of a despot | |
monarchal, monarchical, monarchic | 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 | |
Opposite | democratic | Characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy / democracy or social equality |
Spanish | antidemocrático | |
Catalan | antidemocràtic | |
Adverbs | undemocratically | in an undemocratic manner |
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