Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

post-democratic

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.65 in modern English

Syllables: post-demo-crat-ic
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a society where democratic procedure is only superficially relevant.

Example Sentences

"Pervasive postdemocratic attitudes and political indifference have enabled Britta Söldner and her business partner Babak Hamwi to develop a new business model. Their company Brücke (Bridge), ostensibly a therapeutic practice for patients with suicidal thoughts, is in reality just a front for an employment agency for suicide bombers."
"Bong interrogates the superficiality of the parliamentary democracy and reveals how the preexisting system of social ills and corruption has been maintained and has even intensified in postdemocratic Korean society."
"Such expressions of depoliticising solidarity can be further explained by the critical analysis of contemporary (Western) democracy as postpolitical or postdemocratic. This is because, as it seems, these statements suspend a culture of political debate and conflict in favour of questions about individual lifestyles and consumerist choices."

Etymology

From post- + democratic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: post

Inflected Forms

more post-democratic (comparative) most post-democratic (superlative) postdemocratic (alternative)

Questions

What does post-democratic mean?: Pertaining to a society where democratic procedure is only superficially relevant.
Where does post-democratic come from?: From post- + democratic.

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