UNDEMOCRATIC

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals

Example:

the union broke with its past undemocratic procedures

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Adjectives

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)