pseudodemocracy

English

Alternative forms

• pseudo-democracy

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ democracy

Noun

pseudodemocracy (plural pseudodemocracies)

1. (politics) A government that holds elections but restricts civil liberties. [19th c.]
   • 2009 March 22, Kenneth Roth, “Ballots and Bullets”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     It has long been an article of faith that these pseudodemocracies are inherently unstable.

Derived terms

• pseudodemocrat
• pseudodemocratic
• pseudodemocratically

Translations

a government that holds elections but restricts civil liberties

• Finnish: pseudodemokratia
• French: pseudo-démocratie (fr) f
• German: Pseudodemokratie f
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: pseudodemocrazia f
• Portuguese: pseudodemocracia f
• Romanian: pseudodemocrație (ro) f
• Spanish: pseudodemocracia f