undemocratic
Lacking popular representation
Undemocratic describes actions, systems, or institutions that violate democratic principles—denying people a voice in decisions that affect them, concentrating power without accountability, or suppressing fair participation.
The committee's closed-door vote felt undemocratic.
The term often carries moral weight, implying illegitimacy: an undemocratic coup, undemocratic workplace policies.
Unchecked single-ruler government
- autocracyRule by one
- totalitarianDictatorial, all-controlling regime
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
- oligarchyRule by few
fascism · junta · strongman · absolutism · centralization · tyranny · oppression · regime
Preference for privileged rule
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- plutocracyRule by the rich
- oligarchyRule by few
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
cronyism · favoritism · classism · stratification · inequity · disparity · discrimination · bias
Removal of voting rights
- gerrymanderingManipulating electoral boundaries strategically
- poll-taxPer-person government levy
- riggedFraudulently arranged beforehand
- disqualificationRemoval from eligibility
marginalization · underrepresentation · exclusion · barrier · unelected · appointed · hereditary
Animal's nose area
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- stifleSuppress or restrain
- quashSuppress or nullify
- repressHold back forcibly
clampdown · blackout · intimidation · detainment · exile · disappeared · squelch · throttle
Biased information for influence
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- book-burningDeliberate destruction of texts
- state-controlledRun by government authority
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
disinformation · blacklist · redaction · newspeak · banned · prohibited · forbidden · sanitization
dictatorship
Unchecked single-ruler government
- autocracyRule by one
- totalitarianDictatorial, all-controlling regime
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
oligarchy · fascism · junta · strongman · absolutism · centralization · tyranny · oppression · regime · usurpation
elitism
Preference for privileged rule
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- plutocracyRule by the rich
- oligarchyRule by few
nepotism · cronyism · favoritism · classism · stratification · inequity · disparity · discrimination · bias · corrupt
disenfranchisement
Removal of voting rights
- gerrymanderingManipulating electoral boundaries strategically
- poll-taxPer-person government levy
- riggedFraudulently arranged beforehand
disqualification · marginalization · underrepresentation · exclusion · barrier · unelected · appointed · hereditary
muzzle
Animal's nose area
repress · clampdown · blackout · intimidation · detainment · exile · disappeared · squelch · throttle · gag
propaganda
Biased information for influence
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- book-burningDeliberate destruction of texts
- state-controlledRun by government authority
indoctrination · disinformation · blacklist · redaction · newspeak · banned · prohibited · forbidden · sanitization · spin
- oppressivestifling, suffocating, smothering, crushing, repressive
undemocraticdemocratic
Government by the people
representative · participatory · parliamentary · republican · self-governing
undemocraticdemocratic
Government by the people
participatory · inclusive · deliberative · representative · egalitarian
undemocraticegalitarian
Equality principle supporter
democratic · classless · antiauthoritarian · equal · popular
democracy, democratic, democrat, democratize, democratized, democratizing, democratization, democratizes, nondemocratic