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UNDEMOCRATIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does undemocratic mean? 

UNDEMOCRATIC (adjective)
  The adjective UNDEMOCRATIC has 1 sense:

1. not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or idealsplay

  Familiarity information: UNDEMOCRATIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNDEMOCRATIC (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Context example:

the union broke with its past undemocratic procedures

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)


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