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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 | ||
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