democratic

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of DEMOCRATIC

of, relating to, or favoring political democracy <the democratic system ensures that every citizen's voice is heard>

Synonyms popular, republican, self-governing, self-ruling

Related Words representative; libertarian, nontotalitarian

Near Antonyms autocratic (also autocratical), despotic, dictatorial, monarchal (or monarchial), monarchical (also monarchic), tyrannical (also tyrannic)

Antonyms nondemocratic, undemocratic

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