antirepublican

adjective

Definition of antirepublicannext
as in antidemocratic

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  1. antidemocratic
  2. oppressive
  3. totalitarian
  4. authoritarian
  5. magisterial
Adjective
  • 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
Definition of antidemocratic
Adjective
  • Earlier this year, two teenagers filed a class-action lawsuit against a Kentucky youth detention center and its administrators, claiming that they were subjected to oppressive isolation, denied basic hygiene, showers, and medications, and forced to listen to a toddler song.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Based on the classic Stephen King novel written under pen name Richard Bachman, The Running Man is set in an oppressive future where the government controls the media.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of oppressive
Adjective
  • Syrian experts have told Fox News Digital that HTS seeks to impose a totalitarian Islamist regime on the population.
    Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Macrinus views Lucius as his gateway to totalitarian power.
    Malik Peay, Essence, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of totalitarian
Adjective
  • If the impeachment is confirmed by the Constitutional Court, Yoon will become the fourth South Korean president — out of eight total — to be jailed or ousted since the nation democratized in 1987 after decades of authoritarian rule.
    Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Georgia’s relations with the EU have deteriorated sharply in recent months as Brussels has alleged that the government had resorted to authoritarian measures and adopted pro-Russian stances.
    Christian Edwards, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of authoritarian
Adjective
  • Here are five other movies about the magisterial singer-songwriter whose life and lyrics have forever expanded the contours of American music.
    Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • That’s part of the Dune trap — moviegoers for the 1984 version were greeted with a glossary of terminology — but so far, the show doesn’t have the magisterial wonder of the Villeneuve films to give it a boost.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
Definition of magisterial
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