antidemocratic

adj

"antidemocratic" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“antidemocratic” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opposed to the tenets of democracy.

Corpus desk

Index EN-antidemocratic · antidemocratic · English

antidemocratic · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for antidemocratic
PropertyValue
Headwordantidemocratic
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “antidemocratic” in English

antidemocraticranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

antidemocratic is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Opposed to the tenets of democracy.".

Zero misspellings are on record for antidemocratic in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + democratic. The correct English form is antidemocratic, spelled A-N-T-I-D-E-M-O-C-R-A-T-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Opposed to the tenets of democracy.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how antidemocratic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The aesthetics at play were a bit antidemocratic, accelerationist, what have you; and mainstream coverage of the trend from this past spring cited propaganda experts on its allegedly alarming implications.

Etymology

From anti- + democratic.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "antidemocratic"?
"antidemocratic" is spelled A-N-T-I-D-E-M-O-C-R-A-T-I-C.
What does "antidemocratic" mean?
As an adjective, "antidemocratic" means: Opposed to the tenets of democracy.
What is the origin of the word "antidemocratic"?
From anti- + democratic. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list