Antonyms for democracy
dɪˈmɒk rə sidemoc·ra·cy

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1. • Political Orientation

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.6 / 13 votes

1. democracynoun

   the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives

   Synonyms:
   majority rule, republic, commonwealth

2. democracy, republic, commonwealthnoun

   a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

   Synonyms:
   nation, republic, majority rule, country, state, body politic, res publica, commonwealth, land

3. majority rule, democracynoun

   the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group

   Synonyms:
   majority rule, republic, commonwealth

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. absolute monarchy

   Submitted by rinat on October 3, 2019  

How to use democracy in a sentence?

1. Condoleezza Rice:

   Democracy promotion is not Iraq and Afghanistan, we didn’t go to Iraq to bring democracy. We went to Iraq to defeat Saddam Hussein, who was a security threat.

2. Jen Psaki:

   I think sometimes we forget how strange the last four years were, when we return to a place where democracy is working, where we're talking with Democrats and Republicans, where we're trying to get bills and legislation passed, it feels foreign — but this is actually how it's supposed to work.

3. Mike Pompeo:

   It wasn't just the 2016 election. Somehow America seems to forget the history of Russia's efforts to undermine western democracy for decades now.

4. Hatice Cengiz:

   Jamal Khashoggi is a martyr for the struggle for democracy and freedom in our part of the world. I want to bury the body of my beloved Jamal -- Jamal Khashoggi -- surrounded by the prayers of his friends and loved ones. I want to know : Where is his body ? i believe that the Saudi regime knows where his body is... I want justice to be served. Not only for those who murdered my beloved Jamal, but for those who organized it and gave the order for it.

5. President Biden:

   We have to discredit those who believe that the age of democracy is over, as some of our fellow nations believe. We have to expose as false the narrative that decrees of dictators can match the speed and scale of the 21st( century) challenges, you know, and I know, they're wrong.

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