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predemocratic

predemocratic adjective: before democracy.

Adjective

predemocratic (not comparable)

  1. Before democracy.
    • Gordon Wood has pointed out that the founders belonged to a post-aristocratic, predemocratic age that nurtured the emergence of a self-conscious and unembarrassed political elite.2007 November 27, Michiko Kakutani, “The Timing, Luck and Lust Behind the Forming of That More Perfect Union”, in New York Times

Origin of predemocratic

From pre- + democratic.

Questions about predemocratic

What does predemocratic mean?
Predemocratic means before democracy.
What part of speech is predemocratic?
Predemocratic is an adjective.

Words near predemocratic in the dictionary

  1. predellas
  2. predelle
  3. predelusional
  4. predementia
  5. predemocracy
  6. predemocratic
  7. predenaturation
  8. predenatured
  9. predendritic
  10. predental
  11. predentals

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