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republic Definition

re·pub·lic (ri pub′lik)

noun

    1. a state or nation in which the supreme power rests in all the citizens entitled to vote (the electorate) and is exercised by representatives elected, directly or indirectly, by them and responsible to them
    2. the form of government of such a state or nation
    3. a specified republican regime of a nation the Fifth Republic of France
  2. any group whose members are regarded as having a certain equality or common aims, pursuits, etc. the republic of letters
  3. a state or nation with a president as its titular head
  4. any of the constituent territorial and political units of the U.S.S.R., Yugoslavia, etc.

Etymology: MFr république < L respublica < res, thing, affair, interest (see real) + publica, fem. of publicus, public

republic Synonyms

republic

n.

democracy, democratic state, constitutional government, commonwealth, self-government, representative government, government by popular sovereignty; see also government 2.

republic Usage Examples

Preposition: of

USSR: All the republics of the former USSR joined in March 1992.

Possessives

worker: In Finland an independent workers ' republic was proclaimed.

Converse of object

  • proclaim: Local Serb leaders proclaim a new republic separate from Bosnia.
  • disgrace: The woman who presided over a voting failure that would disgrace a banana republic has gone.
  • declare: In 1983, the area was declared an independent republic.
  • become: Gallery 5: Why did Britain become a republic?
  • establish: July had 'to continue the legacy of 1931, and definitely establish the republic ' .
  • neighbor: Tension exists between ethnic groups, with the Islamic government of Chechnya even invading a neighboring republic this year.

Adjective modifier

  • Soviet: In the former Soviet republic of Georgia, several attempts to steal or smuggle nuclear material have been documented.
  • Yugoslav: Montenegro is the last of the former Yugoslav republics still joined in a bond with Serbia.
  • Slovak: Poland grew by 23 % , the Czech and Slovak Republics by 38 % and Hungary by 20 % .
  • Czech: Czech republic into to cancel my at this village to day cruise.
  • Baltic: Two years ago we were importing nurses from India, the Philipines or Baltic republics due to a nursing shortage!
  • soviet: A conference will take place in the spring in which we, the soviet republic, will participate.

Noun used with modifier

  • ex-soviet: But the ex-Soviet republic is a country of surprises, with good restaurants, cool bars and friendly locals notable amid the poverty.
  • breakaway: And despite warnings from US president Clinton to stop the war and negotiate with the breakaway republic the war looks set to intensify.
  • banana: Whenever there's a coup in a banana republic, they always seize control of the radio station.
  • Czech: The product offers a low cost and cheap call to czech republic mobile reliable route to digital load cells.
  • Dominican: Malkin her caribbean cruise royal sea sovereign immigration dominican republic.
  • island: Peninsular Malaysia extends south from Thailand to the Johor Strait, within sight of the island republic of Singapore.