English noun: republic | |||
1. | republic (group) a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | ||
Synonyms | commonwealth, democracy | ||
Broader (hypernym) | form of government, political system | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | parliamentary democracy, Weimar Republic | ||
2. | republic (group) a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch | ||
Samples | The head of state in a republic is usually a president. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | form of government, political system | ||
Instance hyponym | Roman Republic | ||