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republic

noun re·pub·lic \ri-ˈpə-blik\

: a country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader (such as a president) rather than by a king or queen

Full Definition of REPUBLIC

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a (1) :  a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president (2) :  a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government
b (1) :  a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law
(2) :  a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government
c :  a usually specified republican government of a political unit <the French Fourth Republic>
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:  a body of persons freely engaged in a specified activity <the republic of letters>
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:  a constituent political and territorial unit of the former nations of Czechoslovakia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or Yugoslavia
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Origin of REPUBLIC

French république, from Middle French republique, from Latin respublica, from res thing, wealth + publica, feminine of publicus public — more at real, public
First Known Use: 1604

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

Rhymes with REPUBLIC

REPUBLIC Defined for Kids

republic

noun re·pub·lic \ri-ˈpə-blik\

Definition of REPUBLIC for Kids

:  a country with elected representatives and an elected chief of state who is not a monarch and who is usually a president
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