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Recent Examples of antidemocratic
Great replacement theory has spurred many everyday White people into supporting antidemocratic political parties that harm most White people—and the rest of us.
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Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
By partly neutralizing criticism that its leaders are elitist or antidemocratic, the right has been able to focus on issues that play to its strengths.
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Brian Winter,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
That is why critics of gerrymandering are right to regard it as antidemocratic.
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Craig Gilbert,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
That pursuit was also driven by the transformation of conservatism itself—which, beginning in the Nineties, became ever more extremist, populist, anti-government, antidemocratic, and supportive of authoritarian measures.
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Terry M. Moe,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
By partly neutralizing criticism that its leaders are elitist or antidemocratic, the right has been able to focus on issues that play to its strengths.
—
Brian Winter,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
That is why critics of gerrymandering are right to regard it as antidemocratic.
—
Craig Gilbert,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
That pursuit was also driven by the transformation of conservatism itself—which, beginning in the Nineties, became ever more extremist, populist, anti-government, antidemocratic, and supportive of authoritarian measures.
—
Terry M. Moe,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antidemocratic
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Navratilova defected from Czechoslovakia to the United States in 1975 at 18 years old, leaving a totalitarian regime to embrace American culture.
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Her character, June — called Offred to reflect her subservient role — was our entry point into the totalitarian world of Gilead, a patriarchal society in which handmaids are forced to bear the children of the elite.
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Other booths included photo opportunities dressed in traditional Colonial garb, hands-on historical exhibits and interactive displays that offered visitors a break from the oppressive heat.
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Due to the oppressive heat, the Phillies have adjusted operations through Thursday's game.
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In the nation’s gravest hour, the country’s authoritarian regime has crippled an effective response, say survivors, rescue workers and former officials.
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Some are fleeing authoritarian regimes, war or natural disasters.
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University students behind more than a year of protests against Vucic's increasingly autocratic rule in Serbia have been demanding early parliamentary elections for over a year but Vucic so far has refrained from setting the date.
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University students behind more than a year of protests against Vucic’s increasingly autocratic rule in Serbia have been demanding early parliamentary elections for over a year, but Vucic so far has refrained from setting the date.
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This magisterial polemic demonstrates how what may appear to be distant American history remains acutely relevant.
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But the magisterial opera composer Franz Schreker was shattered by the events of 1933 and died of a stroke the following year.
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Woody and Buzz have survived sadistic neighbors, evil toys and tyrannical daycare rulers.
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This dooms the kingdom to the tyrannical rule of the villainous Priscilla (Nikki Glaser), who swoops in and snatches the throne.
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“Antidemocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antidemocratic. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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