Definitions for undemocratic
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1. undemocraticadjective

   not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals

   "the union broke with its past undemocratic procedures"

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1. undemocraticadjective

   Not democratic

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1. undemocratic

   Criticism of democracy has been a key part of democracy and its functions. As Josiah Ober explains, "the legitimate role of critics" of democracy may be difficult to define, but one "approach is to divide critics into 'good internal' critics (those who call upon the constitutional regime to be true to its own highest principles) and 'bad external' critics who reject the values embraced and nurtured by constitutional democracy."Since classical antiquity and through the modern era, democracy has been associated with "rule by the people," "rule by the majority," and free selection or election, either through direct participation or elected representation, respectively.Political thinkers have approached critiques of democratic political systems from different perspectives. Many times it is not necessary to oppose democracy by its simplest definition – "rule by the people" – but, rather, seek to question or expand this popular definition. In their work, they distinguish between democratic principles that are effectively implemented through undemocratic procedures; undemocratic principles that are implemented through democratic procedures; and variations of the same kind. For instance, some critics of democracy would agree with Winston Churchill's famous remark, "No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." Other critics may be more prepared to describe existing democratic regimes as anything but "rule by the people." Leading contemporary thinkers in critical democratic theory include Jürgen Habermas, Robert A. Dahl, Robert E. Goodin, Bernard Manin, Joseph Schumpeter, James S. Fishkin, Ian Shapiro, Jason Brennan, Hélène Landemore, and Hans-Hermann Hoppe. Critics of democracy have often tried to highlight democracy's inconsistencies, paradoxes, and limits by contrasting it with other forms of governments such as epistocracy, plural voting, or lottocrative alternatives. They have characterized most modern democracies as democratic polyarchies and democratic aristocracies; they have identified fascist moments in modern democracies; they have termed the societies produced by modern democracies as neo-feudal; while yet others have contrasted democracy with fascism, anarcho-capitalism, theocracy, and absolute monarchy. The most widely known critics of democracy include Plato and the authors of the Federalist Papers, who were interested in establishing a representative democracy in the early United States instead of a direct democracy. The authors of the Federalist papers explained why the Constitution was based on a certain type of democracy, also called an American republic or liberal democracy. Additional historical figures associated with the critique of democracy include Aristotle, Plato, Montesquieu, James Harrington, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Carlyle, John Ruskin, Martin Heidegger, Hubert Lagardelle, Charles Maurras, Friedrich Nietzsche, Carl Schmitt, Oswald Spengler, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, and Elazar Menachem Shach. Some critiques have improved democracy, such as those of Plato and Aristotle, who some scholars believe laid the foundation for modern constitutional democracy.

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1. undemocratic

   Undemocratic refers to any action, system, law, or principle that is contrary to democratic ideals or principles. This could include instances of denying people the right to vote, infringement on freedom of speech, unequal representation, non-transparency, dictatorial rule, concentration of power in a few hands, or disregard for human rights. Undemocratic behaviors or systems often involve limited or no participation from the people in decision making, governance, and policy making.

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   The numerical value of undemocratic in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

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   The numerical value of undemocratic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of undemocratic in a Sentence

1. Richard Kovacevich:

   ETFs don't want to spend the money, but saving money shouldn't dictate how people vote. It's undemocratic.

2. Peter Pitts:

   It would be very undemocratic not to let the other senators have their say.

3. Terry McAuliffe:

   They're undemocratic processes. People don't have time to go spend the time like you heard today.

4. Madeleine Albright:

   I do not think he is a fascist. I do think he is the most undemocratic president in modern American history. And that troubles me, and by the way, it's not easy as a former diplomat to be in a foreign country and criticize one's own president. But I am concerned.

5. Boris Johnson:

   For the last few years I have said clearly if we didn't get reform we should be prepared to walk away. I think we now have a golden opportunity to shrug off a regulatory legislative burden that is profoundly undemocratic, we have got a once in a lifetime opportunity, which will not come again, to strike a new series of relationships, free trade deals with the growth economies around the world, whilst maintaining ... our free trade advantages with the European Union.

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