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pseudo-democracy

pseudo-democracy is the alternative spelling of pseudodemocracy.

Meaning of pseudodemocracy

Noun

pseudodemocracy (plural pseudodemocracies)

  1. A government that holds elections but restricts civil liberties.
    • It has long been an article of faith that these pseudodemocracies are inherently unstable.2009 March 22, Kenneth Roth, “Ballots and Bullets”, in New York Times

Forms of pseudo-democracy

pluralpseudo-democracies

Questions about pseudo-democracy

What is pseudo-democracy the alternative spelling of?
Pseudo-democracy is the alternative spelling of pseudodemocracy.

Words near pseudo-democracy in the dictionary

  1. pseudo-copolymer
  2. pseudo-copolymers
  3. pseudo-counterexample
  4. pseudo-counterexamples
  5. pseudo-Cushing's syndrome
  6. pseudo-democracy
  7. Pseudo-Dionysian
  8. pseudo-directories
  9. pseudo-directory
  10. pseudo-discipline
  11. pseudo-disciplines

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