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单词 antidemocratic
释义

antidemocratic

adjective

an·​ti·​dem·​o·​crat·​ic
ˌan-tē-ˌde-mə-ˈkra-tik,
ˌan-ˌtī- How to pronounce antidemocratic (audio)
: opposed or hostile to the theories or policies of democracy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The writer, Klint Finley (a longtime contributor to WIRED), mentions Srinivasan, but his story is mostly about the neoreactionaries, a more stridently antidemocratic tribe of bloggers who are popular on certain fringes of Silicon Valley. Anthony Lydgate, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2022 And as long as much of the Republican Party keeps walking down its current antidemocratic path, the same will be true of subsequent elections as well. Jill Filipovic, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022 The aesthetics at play were a bit antidemocratic, accelerationist, what have you; and mainstream coverage of the trend from this past spring cited propaganda experts on its allegedly alarming implications. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2022 The regime supports the Cuban dictatorship with oil shipments, while Havana remains the most destabilizing, antidemocratic actor in the Western Hemisphere. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 16 May 2022 Many legal experts have called those arguments unpersuasive and antidemocratic, and no state legislature complied. Emma Brown, BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2022 Whatever his efforts on these issues, however, Lee’s overarching vision is unquestionably antidemocratic, and subservient to his ultimate masters—not Hong Kong’s people, but Beijing’s leaders. Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic, 25 May 2022 The trouble began when the administration decided initially to exclude antidemocratic leaders from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, drawing the ire of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2022 The burgeoning alliance with Orban has led some US commentators to warn of American conservatives allegedly embracing antidemocratic tactics. BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined above

antidemocratic

adjective

as in authoritarian

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • authoritarian
  • totalitarian
  • oppressive
  • autocratic
  • tyrannical
  • magisterial
  • antirepublican
  • despotic
  • jackbooted
  • dictatorial
  • arbitrary
  • tyrannic
  • tyrannous
  • czarist
  • monocratic
  • high-handed
  • domineering
  • autocratical
  • omnipotent
  • tsarist
  • autonomous
  • tzarist
  • sovereign
  • imperious
  • absolute
  • masterful
  • almighty
  • unconditional
  • all-powerful
  • unlimited
  • self-governing
  • sovran
  • self-ruling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • constitutional
  • limited
  • democratic
  • restricted
  • lawful
  • republican
  • circumscribed
  • restrained
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