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Meaning of democratic backsliding | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Gradual decline in the quality and robustness of democracy, especially following an initial rise in democracy.

uncountable

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Examples

“But judges, law students, economists, human rights experts, and Mexico’s most important trading partners worry [the judicial reform] could lead to democratic backsliding – and macroeconomic turbulence – that the incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum will inherit when she takes office Oct. 1.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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