: opposed or hostile to the theories or policies of democracy
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Yet just a few months later, the European Union offered Georgia candidate status, a massive boost to the prestige of a government that had already demonstrated its antidemocratic instincts.
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Christian Caryl, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
Amazon workers in 20 countries, including the United States, are staging strikes on Black Friday to protest what the organizing labor union describes as anti-worker and antidemocratic practices.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
This despite Orbán’s unsavory reputation inside the European Union due to his antidemocratic behavior and hostility toward Ukraine.
—Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
Male lawmakers also used antidemocratic rhetoric nearly twice as frequently as female members of Congress.
—Christopher Miller, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2024
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Christian Caryl, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
Amazon workers in 20 countries, including the United States, are staging strikes on Black Friday to protest what the organizing labor union describes as anti-worker and antidemocratic practices.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
This despite Orbán’s unsavory reputation inside the European Union due to his antidemocratic behavior and hostility toward Ukraine.
—Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
Male lawmakers also used antidemocratic rhetoric nearly twice as frequently as female members of Congress.
—Christopher Miller, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Antidemocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antidemocratic. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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