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nondemocracies

nondemocracies is the plural of nondemocracy.

Meaning of nondemocracy

Noun

nondemocracy (countable and uncountable, plural nondemocracies)

  1. (uncountable) Any political system that is not democratic.
    • In democracy, the citizens get relatively higher benefits; the elites benefit in nondemocracy.2006, Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson, Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, page 176
  2. (countable) A regime, country etc. that is not democratic.
    • Jeffrey Toobin, a lawyer and legal commentator, called the move “a grotesque abuse of power by the president of the United States”. “This is the kind of thing that goes on in non-democracies,” Toobin said.2017 May 10, Julian Borger, The Guardian

Questions about nondemocracies

What is nondemocracies the plural of?
Nondemocracies is the plural of nondemocracy.

Words near nondemocracies in the dictionary

  1. nondementia
  2. nondemilitarized
  3. nondemineralized
  4. nondemise
  5. nondemobilization
  6. nondemocracies
  7. nondemocracy
  8. nondemocrat
  9. nondemocratic
  10. nondemocratically
  11. nondemocrats

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