antidemocratic

adjective

an·​ti·​dem·​o·​crat·​ic

ˌan-tē-ˌde-mə-ˈkra-tik,

ˌan-ˌtī- 

: opposed or hostile to the theories or policies of democracy

Examples of antidemocratic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His maneuvering, which has been condemned as autocratic, coincides with his government’s attempt to revive its proposed judicial overhaul, an agenda decried as an antidemocratic power grab designed to weaken the courts. —Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Mar. 2025

Sue Hendrickson, president and CEO of Human Rights First, which advocates against antidemocratic policies, said the new memo is directly aimed at silencing legal opposition to Trump's agenda. —arkansasonline.com, 24 Mar. 2025

Failure to hold antidemocratic actions to account paves the way for a deeper erosion of democracy, Dr. Pereira warns, and Brazil is still reeling from the assault on its institutions. —Constance Malleret, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2025

The United States must not hesitate in ensuring that a democracy, Ukraine, does not succumb to an antidemocratic, autocratic, dictatorial and villainous Russia. —Askold Haywas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for antidemocratic

• bacteriostatic
• heterochromatic
• idiosyncratic
• nonadiabatic
• paleoclimatic
• semiautomatic
• achromatic
• acrobatic
• adriatic
• aliphatic
• antistatic
• aromatic