Used in a Sentence

undemocratic

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for undemocratic.

Editorial note

That doesn't mean the government action is illegitimate or undemocratic.

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Quick take

Not democratic.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of undemocratic gathered in one view.

adjective

Not democratic.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for undemocratic.

Example sentences

1

That doesn't mean the government action is illegitimate or undemocratic.

2

The only issues with the Facebook and YouTube things here today are: they are undemocratic, show ads, and support plagiarism.

3

Some people like to call undemocratic elections that did not pan out the way they hoped.

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That EU doing this now would essentially be taking away sovereignty in a undemocratic way, and theirfore it would be tyranny.

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Seeing the photo of the Queen reminded me of something undemocratic that could be banned.

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Although undemocratic, it helped stamp out corruption and improved the public's perception of fairness.

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That's exactly what undemocratic means here.

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The question is if the jury believed that they also planted the memory card before the planned raid, or if it was just a reprisal against the undemocratic secrecy, to hold up western standards.

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Whether fascism is the right word or not there is something profoundly undemocratic about the situation and there are several valid comparisons with fascism.

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As with all ostensibly democratic states, there are undemocratic elements that act as a check on various things (including the will of the majority).

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Why is the EU so absolutly undemocratic in every way then?

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The rest of the EU will be placed in the uncomfortable position of either caving to the demands of the Greek citizens or somehow taking the position that the referendum is irrelevant--which will look very undemocratic.

Quote examples

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> I should clarify that by "hard choices" I mean giving up control of their fiscal matters to the European Union Ceding sovereignty to an undemocratic body.

2

Personally: I think the reason people resort to "undemocratic" and "backdoor" rhetoric is because they realize that once the treaty is put to a "it's this treaty or no treaty" vote, it will inevitably pass.

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>I think the reason people resort to "undemocratic" and "backdoor" rhetoric is because they realize that once the treaty is put to a "it's this treaty or no treaty" vote, it will inevitably pass.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use undemocratic in a sentence?

That doesn't mean the government action is illegitimate or undemocratic.

What does undemocratic mean?

Not democratic.

What part of speech is undemocratic?

undemocratic is commonly used as adjective.