Sentence examples for undemocratic from inspiring English sources

"undemocratic" is a correct word in written English
You can use it to describe something that goes against the principles of democracy, such as taking away people's right to vote or having a government that is based on authoritarian rule. For example, you could say: "The government's decision to restrict freedom of speech is highly undemocratic."

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undemocratic

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Not democratic

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Or is EU pressure on member states itself undemocratic, as British Eurosceptics would argue?

He also came in for criticism after quoting Hitler's Mein Kampf at a hustings in order to make a point about the EU being undemocratic.

"Denying them a say, on an issue which affects them so directly, is unfair, undemocratic and unjustifiable".

"Undemocratic actions, such as abductions, intimidation and torture by the state against activists, are disheartening when the lives of the Zimbabweans are becoming even more difficult due to the government's failure to arrest the worsening socio-economic challenges in the country," the group said.

Across that period its undemocratic powers have been consolidated.

The Daily Express's columnist, Leo McKinstry, think it would be an "undemocratic farce" and "a disastrous scenario" should the SNP hold the balance of power in the next parliament.

The Labour peer Lord Hattersley was in Dublin last week, and told the Irish Times that while the Seanad had produced many figures of consequence (as has the Lords), its undemocratic nature renders it effectively redundant.

Colin Hart, campaign director of the anti-equal marriage group Coalition for Marriage, said: "The scale of the opposition against the government's profoundly undemocratic plans is astonishing, and sends a clear message to the prime minister that he faces a lengthy and damaging battle to redefine marriage.

In the Roman empire – a slave-owning, militaristic, undemocratic colonial power, which was the closest thing before the modern era to a globalised society – the top 1% of the Roman population probably controlled only about 16% of the empire's riches.

The SNP's general election campaign coordinator, Angus Robertson, has written to Ofcom to query its undemocratic and illogical decision.

"No one wants to go back to trade unions that are undemocratic, or one-sided nuclear disarmament, or having great private-sector businesses in the public sector".

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