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democratic backsliding

democratic backsliding noun: gradual decline in the quality and robustness of democracy, especially following an initial rise in democracy.

Noun

democratic backsliding (uncountable)

  1. Gradual decline in the quality and robustness of democracy, especially following an initial rise in democracy.
    • But judges, law students, economists, human rights experts, and Mexico’s most important trading partners worry [the judicial reform] could lead to democratic backsliding – and macroeconomic turbulence – that the incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum will inherit when she takes office Oct. 1.2024 August 29, Whitney Eulich, “Why Mexican judicial reform is causing a rift with the US”, in The Christian Science Monitor
    Synonyms:
    autocratization
    Antonyms:
    democratization

Synonyms of democratic backsliding

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Questions about democratic backsliding

What does democratic backsliding mean?
Democratic backsliding means gradual decline in the quality and robustness of democracy, especially following an initial rise in democracy.
What part of speech is democratic backsliding?
Democratic backsliding is a noun.

Words near democratic backsliding in the dictionary

  1. democrat wagon
  2. democrat wagons
  3. democratatorship
  4. democratatorships
  5. democratic
  6. democratic backsliding
  7. democratic centralisation
  8. democratic centralism
  9. democratic centralization
  10. democratic deficit
  11. democratic deficits

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