Definition of "nondemocratic" []

• Not based upon democratic principles (adjective)

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• "We show that greater inequality makes the use of the military in nondemocratic regimes more likely and also makes it more difficult for democracies to prevent military coups."
• "The political moral hazard problem increases the cost of using repression in nondemocratic regimes and in particular, necessitates high wages and policy concessions to the military."
• "We know that only a credible threat of military intervention can convince nondemocratic regimes to abandon their pursuit of nuclear weapons."