republic (redirected from The Real Definition of a Republic)

re·pub·lic  (r-pblk)

n.

1.

a. A political order whose head of state is not a monarch and in modern times is usually a president.

b. A nation that has such a political order.

2.

a. A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them.

b. A nation that has such a political order.

3. often Republic A specific republican government of a nation: the Fourth Republic of France.

4. An autonomous or partially autonomous political and territorial unit belonging to a sovereign federation.

5. A group of people working as equals in the same sphere or field: the republic of letters.

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[French république, from Old French, from Latin rspblica : rs, thing; see r- in Indo-European roots + pblica, feminine of pblicus, of the people; see public.]

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republic [rɪˈpʌblɪk]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a form of government in which the people or their elected representatives possess the supreme power

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a political or national unit possessing such a form of government

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a constitutional form in which the head of state is an elected or nominated president

4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any community or group that resembles a political republic in that its members or elements exhibit a general equality, shared interests, etc the republic of letters

[from French république, from Latin rēspublica literally: the public thing, from rēs thing + publica public]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	republic - a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them democracy, commonwealth Weimar Republic - the German republic founded at Weimar in 1919; "The Weimar Republic was overthrown in 1933 and replaced by the Third Reich" parliamentary democracy - a democracy having a parliament form of government, political system - the members of a social organization who are in power
	2.	republic - a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch; "the head of state in a republic is usually a president" form of government, political system - the members of a social organization who are in power

Translations

republic [rɪˈpʌblɪk] N → república f

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republic [rɪˈpʌblɪk] n → république f
the Republic of Ireland → la République d'Irlande
The Irish Republic → La République irlandaise

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republic

n → Republik f

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republic [rɪˈpʌblɪk] n → repubblica

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republic

n republic [rəˈpablik]

(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. republiek جُمْهورِيَّه република republika republik die Republik δημοκρατία república vabariik نظام جمهوری tasavalta république רֶפּוּבּלִיקָה गणतंत्र republika köztársaság republik lÿðveldi repubblica 共和制 공화국 respublika republika republik republiek republikk republika república repu­blică республика republika republika republika republik สาธารณรั cumhuriyet 共和國 республіка جمہوریہ nước cộng hòa 共和国

adj reˈpublican

1 of a republic a republican form of government. republikeins جُمْهوري републикански republikánský republikansk republikanisch δημοκρατικός republicano vabariiklik وابسته به نظام جمهوری tasavaltalainen républicain רֶפּוּבּלִיקָנִי गणतांत्रिक republički köztársasági republiken lÿðveldis- repubblicano 共和制の 공화국의 respublikos, respublikinis republikas-; republikānisks kerajaan republik republikeins republikansk republikański republicano republican республиканский republikánsky republikanski; republiški republički republikansk เกี่ยวกับสาธารณรัฐ cumhuriyete ait 共和國的 республіканський جمہوری cộng hòa 共和国的

2 (also noun) (a person) who supports a republican form of government He is not a monarchist – he is a republican; my republican friends. republikein مُؤَيِّد للنِّظام الجُمْهوري републиканец republikán, -ka republikaner; republikansk der/die Republikaner(in); republikanisch ρεπουμπλικάνος republicano vabariiklane جمهوری خواه tasavaltalainen républicain/-aine רֶפּוּבּלִיקָנִי गणतंत्रवादी (व्यक्ति) republikanac köztársaságpárti republiken lÿðveldissinnaður; lÿðveldissinni repubblicano 共和主義の 공화주의자 respublikonas; respublikonų republikānis berfahaman republik republikein republikaner republikanin republicano republican республиканец republikán, -ka republikanski republikanski republikan ผู้สนับสนุนเกี่ยวกับสาธารณรัฐ Cumhuriyetçi 共和主義的，共和主義者，共和黨(人)的 республіканський; республіканець جمہوریت پسند người theo chủ nghĩa cộng hòa 共和主义者，共和党人

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republic → جمهورية republika republik Republik δημοκρατία república tasavalta république republika repubblica 共和政体 공화국 republiek republikk republika república республика republik สาธารณรัฐ cumhuriyet nền cộng hòa 共和国