NOUN | group | republic, democracy, commonwealth | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
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group | republic | a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch |
Sounds | riypah'blahk; riypah'blihk | |
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Rhymes | aeronautic ... Zanuck: 70 rhymes with ahk... | |
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Meaning | A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them. | |
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Synonyms | democracy, commonwealth | |
Narrower | Weimar Republic | The German republic founded at Weimar in 1919 |
parliamentary democracy | A democracy / democracy having a parliament | |
Broader | political system, form of government | The members of a social organization who are in power |
Spanish | democracia, república | |
Catalan | democracia, democràcia, república |
Meaning | A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch. | |
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Example | "the head of state in a republic is usually a president" | |
Instances | Roman Republic | The ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC |
Broader | political system, form of government | The members of a social organization who are in power |
Spanish | república | |
Catalan | republica, república |
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