Standard Lemma guide

undemocratic

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not democratic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the union broke with its past undemocratic procedures

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: democratic

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- 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- 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. ▲ Late Latin democraticusbor. English democratic English undemocratic From un- + democratic.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: jodemokratik — not democratic
  • Catalan: antidemocràtic — not democratic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不民主 (bù mínzhǔ) — not democratic
  • Danish: udemokratisk — not democratic
  • Dutch: ondemocratisch — not democratic
  • Esperanto: nedemokrata — not democratic
  • Finnish: epädemokraattinen — not democratic
  • Galician: antidemocrático — not democratic
  • German: undemokratisch — not democratic
  • Icelandic: ólýðræðislegur — not democratic
  • Norwegian Bokmål: udemokratisk — not democratic
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: udemokratisk — not democratic
  • Portuguese: ademocrático — not democratic
  • Russian: недемократи́чный (nedemokratíčnyj) — not democratic
  • Russian: недемократи́ческий (nedemokratíčeskij) — not democratic
  • Serbo-Croatian: недемократски — not democratic
  • Serbo-Croatian: nedemokratski — not democratic
  • Slovene: nedemokrátičen — not democratic
  • Spanish: antidemocrático — not democratic
  • Swedish: odemokratisk — not democratic