Meanings
comparative more undemocratic · superlative most undemocratic
- Not democratic.
The undemocratic reality of the capitalist workplace leaves its complex, multilayered impacts on all who collaborate there, part-time and full-time.
2024 August 3, Richard D Wolff, “The undemocratic reality of US capitalism”, in Asia Times, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- 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
- Englishundemocratic
From un- + democratic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan antidemocràtic
- antidemocràticnot democratic
Chinese Mandarin 不民主
- 不民主 (bù mínzhǔ)not democratic
Danish udemokratisk
- udemokratisknot democratic
Dutch ondemocratisch
- ondemocratischnot democratic
Esperanto nedemokrata
- nedemokratanot democratic
Finnish epädemokraattinen
- epädemokraattinennot democratic
German undemokratisch
- undemokratischnot democratic
Icelandic ólýðræðislegur
- ólýðræðislegurnot democratic
Norwegian Bokmål udemokratisk
- udemokratisknot democratic
Polish niedemokratyczny
- niedemokratycznynot democratic
Portuguese ademocrático
- ademocráticonot democratic
Russian недемократи́чный, недемократи́ческий
- недемократи́чный (nedemokratíčnyj)not democratic
- недемократи́ческий (nedemokratíčeskij)not democratic
Spanish antidemocrático
- antidemocráticonot democratic
Swedish odemokratisk
- odemokratisknot democratic
Cite this entry
undemocratic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undemocratic
“undemocratic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undemocratic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undemocratic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undemocratic.
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