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republic
A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy

The United States is a republic; Great Britain is technically a monarchy.

{n} a commonwealth or state governed by representatives elected by the people
A variation of the Federal style
DEFINITION ALSO
Democracy, 2
A republic is a nation or country where the head of state is generally elected and is not a hereditary monarch
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A form of government in which there is an elected president rather than a king
democracy: a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
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
A state or nation in which the supreme power rests in all the citizens entitled to vote This power is exercised by representatives elected, directly or indirectly, by them and responsible to them
Historically, the form of government in which representative officials met to decide on policy issues These representatives were expected to serve the public interest but were not subject to the people's immediate control Today, the term republic is used interchangeably with democracy
a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch; "the head of state in a republic is usually a president
A republic is a country where power is held by the people or the representatives that they elect. Republics have presidents who are elected, rather than kings or queens. the Baltic republics. the Republic of Ireland. see also banana republic. a country governed by elected representatives of the people, and led by a president, not a king or queen democracy, monarchy monarchy (république, from respublica, from res + publica ). Form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives elected by its populace. The term was originally applied to a form of government in which the leader is periodically appointed under a constitution; it was contrasted with governments in which leadership is hereditary. A republic may also be distinguished from direct democracy, though modern representative democracies are by and large republics. Republic of Albania Peoples Democratic Republic of Algeria Republic of Angola Argentine Republic Republic of Armenia Republic of Austria Republic of Azerbaijan People's Republic of Bangladesh Republic of Benin Republic of Bolivia Republic of Botswana Federative Republic of Brazil Republic of Bulgaria Republic of Burundi Republic of Cameroon Republic of Chile People's Republic of China Republic of Colombia Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros Republic of Croatia Republic of Cuba Republic of Cyprus Republic of Ecuador United Arab Republic Arab Republic of Egypt Republic of Estonia Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Republic of Fiji Republic of Finland French Republic Gabonese Republic Republic of Georgia Federal Republic of Germany Republic of Ghana Hellenic Republic Republic of Guatemala Republic of Guinea Co operative Republic of Guyana Republic of Haiti Republic of Honduras Republic of Hungary Republic of Iceland Republic of India Republic of Indonesia Islamic Republic of Iran Republic of Iraq Italian Republic Republic of Kazakhstan Republic of Kenya Republic of Kiribati Kyrgyz Republic Lao People's Democratic Republic Republic of Latvia Republic of Lebanon Republic of Liberia Republic of Lithuania Republic of Macedonia Republic of Madagascar Republic of Malawi Republic of Maldives Republic of Mali Islamic Republic of Mauritania Republic of Mauritius Republic of Moldova Republic of Mozambique Republic of Namibia Republic of Nauru Republic of Nicaragua Republic of Niger Federal Republic of Nigeria Islamic Republic of Pakistan Republic of Palau Republic of Panama Republic of Paraguay Republic of Peru Republic of the Philippines Republic of Poland Portuguese Republic Republic of Rwanda Republic of Senegal Republic of Seychelles Republic of Singapore Slovak Republic Republic of Slovenia Republic of Suriname Syrian Arab Republic Republic of Tajikistan United Republic of Tanzania Republic of Togo South African Republic Republic of Tunisia Republic of Turkey Republic of Uganda Oriental Republic of Uruguay Republic of Uzbekistan Republic of Vanuatu Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Socialist Republic of Vietnam Republic of Yemen Republic of Zambia Republic of Zimbabwe Batavian Republic Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic of Cape Verde Cisalpine Republic Congo Republic of the Republic of Costa Rica Republic of Côte d'Ivoire Czech Republic Dominican Republic Dutch Republic Republic of the United Netherlands Democratic Republic of East Timor Republic of El Salvador Fifth Republic Fourth Republic Republic of the Gambia German Democratic Republic Republic of Guinea Bissau Helvetic Republic Democratic People's Republic of Korea Republic of Korea Republic of the Marshall Islands New Republic The Rally for the Republic Roman Republic and Empire Saharan Arab Democratic Republic Republic of San Marino Second Republic Republic of Sierra Leone South Africa Republic of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Republic of the Sudan Third Republic Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Weimar Republic Central African Republic Congo Democratic Republic of the Republic of Zaire Republic of Djibouti Republic of Equatorial Guinea Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Common weal
n [L respublica; res and publica; public affairs ]
A state or nation in which the supreme power rests in all the citizens entitled to vote  This power is exercised by representatives elected, directly or indirectly, by them and responsible to them
a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch; "the head of state in a republic is usually a president"
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
A State, especially a democratic State, which has a non-hereditary head as (president) distinguished from a State like Britain which has a hereditary head (King or Queen) with limited powers, of course
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