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1. (n.) republic
a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
2. republic
a state in which the head of government is not a monarch and is usu. an elected or nominated president.
3. republic
the form of government of such a state.
4. republic
any body of persons viewed as a commonwealth.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < F république, MF < L rēs pūblica public affairs, the state, a free state)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) democracy, republic, commonwealth
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
2. (noun) republic
a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch
"the head of state in a republic is usually a president"
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1. (noun) republic
a democratic government or country, usually with a president, not a king or queen
the Republic of Ireland
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Republic
common weal
2. (adj) Republic
a state in which the sovereign power resides in the whole body of the people, and is exercised by representatives elected by them; a commonwealth. Cf. Democracy, 2
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Republic
the name given to a State in which the sovereign power is vested in one or more elected by the community, and held answerable to it though in point of fact, both in Rome and the Republic of Venice the community was not free to elect any one outside of a privileged order.
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Sense: (a country with) a form of government in which there is no king or queen, the power of government, law-making etc being given to one or more elected representatives (eg a president, members of a parliament etc)
The United States is a republic; – the United Kingdom is not.
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 Afrikaans: republiek |
 Arabic: جُمْهورِيَّه |
 Bulgarian: република |
 Brazilian: república |
 Czech: republika |
 German: die Republik |
 Danish: republik |
 Greek: δημοκρατία |
 Spanish: república |
 Estonian: vabariik |
 Farsi: نظام جمهوری |
 Finnish: tasavalta |
 French: république |
 Hebrew: רֶפּוּבּלִיקָה |
 Hindi: गणतंत्र |
 Croatian: republika |
 Hungarian: köztársaság |
 Indonesian: republik |
 Icelandic: lÿðveldi |
 Italian: repubblica |
 Japanese: 共和制 |
 Korean: 공화국 |
 Lithuanian: respublika |
 Latvian: republika |
 Malay: republik |
 Dutch: republiek |
 Norwegian: republikk |
 Polish: republika |
 Persian: نظام جمهوری |
 Pashto: جميوريت، ولسى حكومت دخلكو |
 Portuguese: república |
 Romanian: republică |
 Russian: республика |
 Slovak: republika |
 Slovenian: republika |
 Serbian: republika |
 Swedish: republik |
 Thai: สาธารณรัฐ |
 Turkish: cumhuriyet |
 Taiwanese: 共和國 |
 Ukrainian: республіка |
 Urdu: جمہوریہ |
 Vietnamese: nước cộng hòa |
 Chinese: 共和国 |
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