antidemocratic

See also: anti-democratic

English

Alternative forms

• anti-democratic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)

Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.

English anti-

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *déh₂mos

Proto-Hellenic *dā́mos

Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos)

Ancient Greek δημο- (dēmo-)

Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.

Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)

Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐκός (dēmokrătĭkós)bor.

Late Latin democraticuslbor.

Middle French democratiquebor.

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Late Latin democraticusbor.

English democratic

English antidemocratic

From anti- + democratic.

Adjective

antidemocratic (comparative more antidemocratic, superlative most antidemocratic)

1. Opposed to the tenets of democracy.
   • 2022 August 11, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “Stop Putting Lasers in Joe Biden’s Eyes”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     The aesthetics at play were a bit antidemocratic, accelerationist, what have you; and mainstream coverage of the trend from this past spring cited propaganda experts on its allegedly alarming implications.

Derived terms

• antidemocratically

Translations

opposed to the tenets of democracy

• Catalan: antidemocràtic
• Czech: protidemokratický, antidemokratický
• Dutch: antidemocratisch (nl)
• French: antidémocratique (fr)
• Galician: antidemocrático (gl)
• German: antidemokratisch (de)
• Greek: αντιδημοκρατικός (el) (antidimokratikós)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: dijdemokratîk

• Polish: antydemokratyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: antidemocrático (pt)
• Slovak: protidemokratický, antidemokratický
• Spanish: antidemocrático (es)
• Swedish: antidemokratisk (sv)

See also

• antirepublican

Further reading

• “antidemocratic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “anti-democratic, antidemocratic”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French antidémocratique. Equivalent to anti- +‎ democratic.

Adjective

antidemocratic m or n (feminine singular antidemocratică, masculine plural antidemocratici, feminine/neuter plural antidemocratice)

1. antidemocratic

Declension

Declension of antidemocratic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	antidemocratic		antidemocratică	antidemocratici	antidemocratice
	definite	antidemocraticul		antidemocratica	antidemocraticii	antidemocraticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	antidemocratic		antidemocratice	antidemocratici	antidemocratice
	definite	antidemocraticului		antidemocraticei	antidemocraticilor	antidemocraticelor