republic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈpʌb.lɪk/
ipa: /ɹəˈpʌb.lɪk/
ipa: /ɹɪˈpʊb.lɪk/
ipa: /ɹəˈpʊb.lɪk/
Forms: form: republics
form: republick
form: republique
Etymology: From Middle French republique (“republic”), from Latin rēspūblicā, from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”); hence literally “the public thing”.
Senses: examples: text: The United States is a republic; Norway is a constitutional monarchy.
text: Perhaps the great charm of a republic to the young mind is, the career which it seems to lay open to all, and whose success depends upon personal gifts; while their exercise seems more independent when devoted to the people rather than to the monarch.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 256:
text: “[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps ? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic ?[…]”
ref: 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
glosses: A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
examples: text: Republicanism is the political principle of the separation of the executive power (the administration) from the legislative; despotism is that of the autonomous execution by the state of laws which it has itself decreed.[…]Therefore, we can say: the smaller the personnel of the government (the smaller the number of rulers), the greater is their representation and the more nearly the constitution approaches to the possibility of republicanism; thus the constitution may be expected by gradual reform finally to raise itself to republicanism[…]. None of the ancient so-called "republics" knew this system, and they all finally and inevitably degenerated into despotism under the sovereignty of one, which is the most bearable of all forms of despotism.
ref: 1795, Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch:
glosses: A state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate.
examples: text: The Republic of Udmurtia is west of the Permian Oblast.
glosses: One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.
glosses: One of the subdivisions that made up the former Yugoslavia.
Derived terms: Alpine republic
Arab Republic of Egypt
Argentine Republic
banana republic
Bilhorod People's Republic
Boer republic
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Central African Republic
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
crowned republic
Czech Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Dominican Republic
Dutch Republic
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
federal republic
Federal Republic of Germany
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Federal Republic of Somalia
Federative Republic of Brazil
French Republic
Hellenic Republic
Helvetic Republic
Islamic Republic of Iran
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Italian Republic
Komi Republic
Lebanese Republic
Lugansk People's Republic
maritime republic
Novgorod Republic
Oriental Republic of Uruguay
parliamentary republic
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
people's republic
People's Republic of Albania
People's Republic of Bangladesh
People's Republic of Canada
People's Republic of China
Portuguese Republic
presidential republic
republican
republicanism
Republic County
republichood
Republic of Albania
Republic of Angola
Republic of Argentina
Republic of Armenia
Republic of Austria
Republic of Azerbaijan
Republic of Bashkortostan
Republic of Benin
Republic of Botswana
Republic of Bulgaria
Republic of Chad
Republic of Chile
Republic of China
Republic of Colombia
Republic of Costa Rica
Republic of Croatia
Republic of Cuba
Republic of Cyprus
Republic of Djibouti
Republic of Ecuador
Republic of Estonia
Republic of Example
Republic of Fiji
Republic of Finland
Republic of Ghana
Republic of Guatemala
Republic of Guinea
Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Republic of Iceland
Republic of India
Republic of Indonesia
Republic of Iraq
Republic of Ireland
Republic of Kenya
Republic of Latvia
Republic of Liberia
Republic of Lithuania
Republic of Malawi
Republic of Maldives
Republic of Mali
Republic of Malta
Republic of Mauritius
Republic of Mordovia
Republic of Mozambique
Republic of Namibia
Republic of Niger
Republic of North Macedonia
Republic of Panama
Republic of Paraguay
Republic of Peru
Republic of Poland
Republic of Senegal
Republic of Serbia
Republic of Sierra Leone
Republic of Singapore
Republic of Slovenia
Republic of South Africa
Republic of Texas
Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Fiji Islands
Republic of the Gambia
Republic of the Philippines
Republic of the Sudan
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Republic of Tunisia
Republic of Turkey
Republic of Yemen
Republic of Zambia
Republic of Zaqistan
Republic of Zimbabwe
sister republic
Slovak Republic
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Somali Federal Republic
Soviet republic
Soviet Socialist Republic
Syrian Arab Republic
Togolese Republic
Udmurt Republic
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Republic of Tanzania
Related terms: commonwealth