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Undemocratic

Definition: Undemocratic

Undemocratic

Adjective

1. Not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals; "the union broke with its past undemocratic procedures".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Antonym: democratic (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Undemocratic

English words defined with "undemocratic": undemocratically. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Undemocratic

DomainTitle

Books

  • Democracy in the Undemocratic State: The German Reichstag Elections of 1898 and 1903 (reference)

  • From democracy to partocracy : why a party system is undemocratic (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Undemocratic

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

This can protect undemocratic or corrupt union leaders. (references)

Economic History

Hong Kong

The 1998 and 2000 elections were seen as free, open, and widely contested, despite discontent among mainly prodemocracy politicians that the functional constituency and Election Committee elections are essentially undemocratic because so few voters are eligible to vote. (references)

Political Economy

Austria

However, the Social Partnership has been criticized as being a rather undemocratic "shadow" government, particularly by the Freedom Party. (references)

Political Rights

Congo

The Government did not pursue the ratification of the proposed constitution drafted in 1998; after it was disseminated in 1998 to the press, many leaders of political parties, NGO's, and religious organizations criticized it as undemocratic. (references)

Worker Rights

Uganda

According to the Government, the unions had been engaged in undemocratic activities and political agitation outside what is allowed in the 1975 Trade Union Decree, and therefore were banned until further notice. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Undemocratic

"Undemocratic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.24% of the time. "Undemocratic" is used about 131 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)99.24%13028,019
Noun (proper)0.76%1339,140
                    Total100.00%131N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Undemocratic

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

undemocratic

8

nature pagerank undemocratic

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Undemocratic

Language Translations for "undemocratic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

jodemopkratik. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

недемократичен. (various references)

   

Czech

  

nedemokratický. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

epädemokraattinen. (various references)

   

French

  

antidémocratique. (various references)

   

German

  

undemokratisch (undemocratically). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

όχι δημοκρατικόσ, αντιδημοκρατικόσ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

demokráciaellenes (anti-democratic). (various references)

   

Italian

  

antidemocratico (anti-democrat). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

非民主 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ひみ"しゅ. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

emocraticunday

   

Portuguese

  

antidemocrático (antidemocratic). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

антидемократический (antidemocratic). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nedemokratski. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

no democrático. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

odemokratisk. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

недемократичний. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Undemocratic

Derivations

Words beginning with "undemocratic": undemocratically. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Undemocratic"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "undemocratic" (pronounced u'ndemukra"tik)
8-m u k r a" t i kdemocratic.
7-u k r a" t i karistocratic, autocratic, bureaucratic, technocratic, theocratic.
6-k r a" t i kidiosyncratic.
5-r a" t i kerratic.
4-a" t i kacrobatic, aerobatic, aromatic, asthmatic, asymptomatic, attic, automatic, axiomatic, charismatic, cinematic, climatic, diagrammatic, diplomatic, dogmatic, dramatic, ecstatic, electrostatic, emblematic, emphatic, enigmatic, enzymatic, fanatic, hepatic, homeostatic, idiomatic, lymphatic, mathematic, melodramatic, monochromatic, numismatic, operatic, pancreatic, phosphatic, pneumatic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, prostatic, psychosomatic, rheumatic, schematic, semiautomatic, static, symptomatic, systematic, thematic, traumatic, undiplomatic.
3-t i kacetic, acoustic, aesthetic, agnostic, alphabetic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, analytic, anesthetic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, arithmetic, arthritic, artistic, ascetic, astronautic, atavistic, atheistic, athletic, authentic, autistic, ballistic, bombastic, capitalistic, catalytic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, climactic, coloristic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, cystic, dendritic, despotic, deterministic, diabetic, diagnostic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diuretic, domestic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecliptic, elastic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, emetic, empathetic, energetic, enthusiastic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fantastic, fatalistic, ferromagnetic, feudalistic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, futuristic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, gymnastic, halophytic, hectic, hedonistic, hemolytic, heretic, hermaphroditic, holistic, homiletic, humanistic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, magnetic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mechanistic, militaristic, monastic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neritic, neurotic, novelistic, oligopolistic, onomastic, opportunistic, optic, optimistic, orthodontic, pantheistic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, paternalistic, pathetic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, pessimistic, phonetic, plastic, pluralistic, poetic, polytheistic, porphyritic, primitivistic, propagandistic, prophetic, prophylactic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, scholastic, semantic, semiotic, sensationalistic, septic, simplistic, skeptic, socialistic, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, synergistic, synthetic, tactic, terroristic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, unsympathetic, voyeuristic.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Undemocratic

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-e-i-m-n-o-r-t-u"

-2 letters: androecium, democratic.

-3 letters: accounted, accoutred, accretion, anecdotic, anorectic, auctioned, cautioned, cinctured, cremation, curtained, education, indecorum, introduce, manicured, manticore, mucronate, redaction, reduction, ruminated, undercoat.

-4 letters: accentor, accident, accouter, accoutre, accredit, acentric, acetonic, aconitum, aeroduct, amounted, anoretic, anuretic, arointed, cancroid, cartoned, catenoid, centroid, ceratoid, cincture, coadmire, cocinera, codirect, coinmate, comedian, concerti, conducer, corniced, cornuted, coumaric.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-c-d-e-i-m-n-o-r-t-u"
 

+2 letters: counterclaimed.

 

+4 letters: overcommunicated, undemocratically.

 

+5 letters: intercommunicated, microencapsulated.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Undemocratic


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

55 6E 64 65 6D 6F 63 72 61 74 69 63

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010101 01101110 01100100 01100101 01101101 01101111 01100011 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01100011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#85 &#110 &#100 &#101 &#109 &#111 &#99 &#114 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#99

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0055 006E 0064 0065 006D 006F 0063 0072 0061 0074 0069 0063

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

558070717981698467867569

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Undemocratic"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, албанський, албанка, албанець

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводbulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, болгарський

Czech

slovník, definice, překladçek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutosfinlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, фински език, фински, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, finlandês, finês, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, фінська мова, фінський

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, французька мова, французький

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiongjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, німкеня, німецький, німець

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηгръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításунгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneиталиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 japonez, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, японська мова, японський, японка, японець

Japanese Katakana

へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ, じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくていjaponez, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, японська мова, японський, японка, японець

Portuguese

tradução, dicionário, definiçãoportugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, португальський, португальська мова, португалець

Russian

трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение, словарь, определениеруски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський

Serbo-Croatian

tumačenje, leksikon, rečnik, definicijaserbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

traducción, diccionario, definiciónspanjoll, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, іспанський, іспанська мова

Swedish

översättning, ordbok, lexikonsuedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, шведська мова, шведський

Ukrainian

процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутністьukrainisht, ukrainas, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, український, українець

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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