republic

English Thesaurus

1. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them (noun.group)

hypernym	:	form of government, political system,
definition	:	the members of a social organization who are in power (noun.group)

hyponym	:	weimar republic,
definition	:	the German republic founded at Weimar in 1919 (noun.group)

hyponym	:	parliamentary democracy,
definition	:	a democracy having a parliament (noun.group)

2. a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch (noun.group)

hypernym	:	form of government, political system,
definition	:	the members of a social organization who are in power (noun.group)

instance hyponym	:	roman republic,
definition	:	the ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC; was governed by an elected Senate but dissatisfaction with the Senate led to civil wars that culminated in a brief dictatorship by Julius Caesar (noun.location)

3. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them (noun.group)

derivation	:	democratise, democratize,
definition	:	introduce democratic reforms; of nations (verb.social)

derivation	:	democratise, democratize,
definition	:	become (more) democratic; of nations (verb.social)

derivation	:	democratic,
definition	:	belong to or relating to the Democratic Party (adj.pert)

derivation	:	democratise, democratize,
definition	:	introduce democratic reforms; of nations (verb.social)

derivation	:	democratise, democratize,
definition	:	become (more) democratic; of nations (verb.social)

derivation	:	democratic,
definition	:	belong to or relating to the Democratic Party (adj.pert)