monarchical
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8.2
- adjective
- /məˈnɑrkɪkəl/
:
monárquico
- The country's monarchical system has been in place for centuries, with a king and queen at its head.
- monarchical power
- monarchical authority
- monarchical regime
And he says the relationship of father to sons is monarchical, monarchical, regal.
- And he says the relationship of father to sons is monarchical, monarchical, regal.
- So you can imagine that this is not quite the same thing as monarchical rule.
- And, and that essentially we, we are normally led by bosses where we human beings have a monarchical instinct.
Examples
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Indeed, dissenting Protestant clergy were in the forefront of the resistance to monarchical oppression.
Academic text (2010) -
But is the monarchical hierarchy applicable without the underlying social structure to support it?
Fiction book (1998) -
In the case of monarchical rule, ideally it is being carried out for the good of all involved in the community.
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The theory of sovereignty at that time had grown out of the monarchical states of Europe.
Academic text (2002) -
Political Islam took a monarchical shape in Saudi Arabia and a republican shape in Khomeini's Iran.
Academic text (2003) -
But the overall pattern of British intervention was overwhelmingly on the side of monarchical autocracy rather than democracy.
Academic text (1992) -
Worker strikes, student demonstrations, and popular uprisings against the British-supported monarchical regime were the order of the day.
Academic text (1997) -
In the 1960s, radical Arab regimes contested the legitimacy and power of traditional monarchical states.
Academic text (2008) -
Al-Ani's exile did not last long, for in July 1958 a popular revolution overthrew the monarchical regime in Iraq.
Academic text (1997) -
Saudi Arabia has led a Sunni monarchical bloc that includes the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan.
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
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3.1
Relating to a king or queen and their family
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7.8
About a family of rulers who pass power from parent to child
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7.9
A government in which a king or queen rules
Having to do with kings or queens and their government
How Monarchical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Monarchical comes from the word monarch, which is made of the Greek parts mono- 'one' and arch 'ruler'. So monarchical means 'relating to a single ruler' or a monarchy.