REPUBLIC Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

republic

noun

ri-ˈpə-blik

as in democracy

government in which the supreme power is held by the people and used by them directly or indirectly through representation when asked by a passerby what sort of government the constitutional convention had formulated for the new nation, Benjamin Franklin memorably replied, "A republic, if you can keep it"

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Recent Examples on the Web Cooking was also a tool to sway policy in the early years of the republic by women who were not allowed to vote. —

Todd A. Price, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024 James Monroe contended with the realities of a republic expanding into an empire. —

Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024 The twist was that all of the songs came from the Ukraine and the Soviet Union between the Seventies and the Nineties, when the former was a republic of the latter. —

David Browne, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024 There has remained only one constant in the 247 years of the American republic. —

Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for republic

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