nondemocratic
Britishadjective
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In the latter, pyramid-like power systems were of two kinds: single-pyramid autocracies or multi-pyramid hybrid regimes with both democratic and nondemocratic political elements.
From Salon
To the argument that the United States has never signed a mutual defense pact with a nondemocratic country, some administration officials point to the 1953 treaty that President Dwight Eisenhower signed with South Korea, which at the time was a military dictatorship.
From Slate
Explaining his unusual decision, Pottinger wrote an essay saying that “living in China also shows you what a nondemocratic country can do to its citizens.”
From Seattle Times
Nondemocratic rule similarly spread across much of the globe.
From Washington Post
“The technologies to be covered by the new initiative will be similar to those already targeted by domestic U.S. policies linked to sensitive technologies that are used for legitimate law-enforcement and intelligence operations but are also increasingly deployed by nondemocratic actors,” Hayashi and Leary write.
From Washington Post
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