Meanings
adjectivenondemocratic (comparative more nondemocratic, superlative most nondemocratic)
comparative more nondemocratic · superlative most nondemocratic · alternative non-democratic
- Not based upon democratic principles
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₂mos
- Proto-Hellenic*dā́mos
- Ancient Greekδῆμος (dêmos)
- Ancient Greekδημο- (dēmo-)
- Proto-Indo-European*kret-
- Ancient Greekκρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
- Ancient Greekδημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā)
- Ancient Greekδημοκρᾰτῐκός (dēmokrătĭkós)
- Late Latindemocraticu
- Middle Frenchdemocratique
- Late Latindemocraticus
- Englishdemocratic
- Englishnondemocratic
From non- + democratic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Polish niedemokratyczny
- niedemokratycznynondemocratic
Romanian nedemocratic
- nedemocraticnondemocratic
Russian недемократи́чный, недемократи́ческий
- недемократи́чный (nedemokratíčnyj)nondemocratic
- недемократи́ческий (nedemokratíčeskij)nondemocratic
Cite this entry
APA
nondemocratic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondemocratic
MLA
“nondemocratic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondemocratic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nondemocratic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nondemocratic.
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