pseudodemocracy
nounEtymology From pseudo- + democracy.
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Government, Politics A government that holds elections but restricts civil liberties.
- It has long been an article of faith that these pseudodemocracies are inherently unstable.2009 March 22, Kenneth Roth, “Ballots and Bullets”, in New York Times:
- Derived terms
- pseudodemocrat, pseudodemocratic, pseudodemocratically, pseudodemocratization, pseudodemocratize