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nondemocracy

nondemocracy noun: any political system that is not democratic.

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

Forms of nondemocracy

pluralnondemocracies
alternative formnon-democracy

Origin of nondemocracy

From non- + democracy.

Questions about nondemocracy

What does nondemocracy mean?
Nondemocracy means any political system that is not democratic.
What part of speech is nondemocracy?
Nondemocracy is a noun.
What is the plural of nondemocracy?
The plural of nondemocracy is nondemocracies.

Words near nondemocracy in the dictionary

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

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