Republicanism
[rɪ'pʌblɪkənɪzəm] or [rɪ'pʌblɪkən,ɪzəm]
Definition
(noun.) the political orientation of those who hold that a republic is the best form of government.
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Definition
(n.) A republican form or system of government; the principles or theory of republican government.
(n.) Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a republican form of government.
(n.) The principles and policy of the Republican party, so called
Typist: Sharif
Examples
- It was in fact rather more republican than Britain, but its republicanism was more aristocratic in form. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I obscenity in the milk of thy Republicanism. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Into these conquered regions France came as a liberator, the teacher of Republicanism to mankind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Her lapse into republicanism seemed likely to leave her without friends in any European court. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was little goodwill among the diplomatists for republicanism, and a manifest disposition to embarrass the new government as much as possible. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The allies would not hear of any further experiments in republicanism; it was the Bourbons or Napoleon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The last vestiges of Roman republicanism had vanished in the days of Aurelian and Diocletian. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typed by Cedric