单词 | undemocratic |
释义 | undemocratic (once / 17854 pages) adj WORD FAMILY undemocratic: undemocratically+/democracy: democracies, democratic, democratise, democratize/democrat: democracy, democrats/democratic: democratically, undemocratic/democratise: democratisation, democratised, democratising/democratize: democratization, democratized, democratizes, democratizing USAGE EXAMPLESThey are protesting steps by the ruling Law and Justice party that they deem undemocratic. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) It is an anachronism, a deeply undemocratic product of a compromise with slave states that serves no real purpose today. Slate(Dec 19, 2016) “It just seems so undemocratic to me that people other than the voters get to choose who leads the country.” The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) adj not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals the union broke with its past undemocratic procedures Syn|Ant authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty despoticruled by or characteristic of a despot monarchal, monarchic, monarchicalruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch totalitariancharacterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control democratic characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality antiauthoritarianopposed to authoritarianism classless, egalitarianfavoring social equality parliamentaryhaving the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament parliamentaryin accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly participatoryaffording the opportunity for individual participation popularcarried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large representativebeing or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives republicanhaving the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government elected, electivesubject to popular election |
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