republican
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- adjective
- /rɪˈpʌblɪkən/
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republicano
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- a republican government
- republican institutions
- republican politics
So this is part of the Roman, you know, Republican government.
- So this is part of the Roman, you know, Republican government.
Examples
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Despite efforts to restrict electoral rights, universal suffrage remained a central tenet of republican politics.
Academic text (1999) -
So this is part of the Roman, you know, Republican government.
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Now we have a great head of the republican party, so we're very lucky.
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A sense of public duty, the republican virtue, was central to the Roman state religion.
Academic text (1992) -
For present purposes, the critical point to appreciate is simply that the Republican theory offers resources for tackling this problem.
Academic text (2017) -
They had a republican convention there tonight.
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Eisenhower was the only Republican president who had a majority in both the Senate and the House.
Academic text (1991) -
In contrast to the liberal tradition, the republican approach understands freedom of expression as a "social good."
Academic text (2017) -
Republicans protested, calling the proposed change "inconsistent with a democratic or republican form of government." 188
Academic text (2017) -
The new policy will reflect republican principles, ensuring that power remains with the people.
Antonyms
Compounds
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A major political party in the United States that supports conservative policies
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A special military unit that protected the Iraqi government in Baghdad under Saddam Hussein
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A group of people who use violence to try to end British rule in Northern Ireland and unite Ireland
A major United States political party in the early 1800s that wanted limits on national government power
A group that uses violence to oppose the Northern Ireland peace process
An armed group that split from the Provisional IRA in 1997 and uses violence against the Northern Ireland peace process
An armed Irish group that used violence to end British rule in Northern Ireland
- Offensive
A small armed Irish group that uses bombs and guns to oppose peace talks
A river in the central United States flowing from eastern Colorado through Nebraska into Kansas to join the Kansas River
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word republican comes from republic, which comes from the Latin parts res 'thing' and publica 'public', meaning 'the public thing'. So, republican describes something that belongs to the people or a state ruled by elected leaders rather than a king.