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Recent Examples of antidemocratic
Most South Koreans had thought such antidemocratic attitudes had long been banished from the country’s political culture.
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Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2025
And many conservatives claim this whole system is antidemocratic.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
His geopolitical inclinations have not changed, and his antidemocratic tendencies have only gotten worse.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
In some places, these rules have a loftier goal: to prevent the rise of antidemocratic extremism of the kind that has engulfed democracies—and especially European democracies—in the past.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2025
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Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2025
And many conservatives claim this whole system is antidemocratic.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
His geopolitical inclinations have not changed, and his antidemocratic tendencies have only gotten worse.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
In some places, these rules have a loftier goal: to prevent the rise of antidemocratic extremism of the kind that has engulfed democracies—and especially European democracies—in the past.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antidemocratic
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The collective takes on The Authority, a totalitarian regime that ravages the workers and the environment with a violent military and aggressive drone attacks.—
Kate Sosin,
Them.,
27 Mar. 2025
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Organized by the Babyn Yar National Historical and Memorial Reserve, the exhibition presents documentary photography, archival materials, and video installations that chronicle the devastation of the city under two totalitarian regimes.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Cryptocurrency mixers can be essential tools for individuals who value privacy, including those living under oppressive regimes, journalists, whistleblowers, and businesses that require confidentiality in their transactions.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Coventry became the minister of sports a year after the coup that removed Mugabe in the new administration of current President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Mugabe’s vice president who rights groups say has continued many of Mugabe’s oppressive policies.—
Gerald Imray,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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The obvious split between a democratic Taiwan and an authoritarian China is an uncontestable reality and is part of the international consensus.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Since taking office just a few weeks ago, President Trump has rapidly depleted the reservoir of America’s soft power with an authoritarian bent and astonishing speed.—
Penny Abeywardena,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Venezuela’s autocratic demagogue held a 2007 referendum to re-write the Constitution.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
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Venezuelans have been living under the autocratic regime of Nicolás Maduro for more than a decade amid runaway inflation, worsening poverty and widespread political persecution, according to the Washington Office on Latin America., a progressive think tank in Washington, D.C.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
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The most complete studies were done by the British archaeologist and scholar Thomas Ashby, who scoured the remotest corners of the Roman Campagna from 1906 to 1925, and produced a magisterial tome, The Aqueducts of Ancient Rome, which was published posthumously by his wife in 1935.—
Tony Perrottet,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Mar. 2025
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Heston’s square-jawed nobility was rarely better exploited — not even a cameo from Jesus near the end can overshadow his magisterial heroism. 42.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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The film, based on Georges Simenon’s 1950 novel, stars Depardieu as a celebrated but tyrannical actor grappling with personal and professional decline.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Mar. 2025
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What is the character of those who bear false witness and favor Russia’s tyrannical lies over Ukrainians’ unalienable rights?—
Mark Sandy,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Antidemocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antidemocratic. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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