republic

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
  2. noun a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch

Etymology

From Middle French republique (“republic”), from Latin rēspūblicā, from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”); hence literally “the public thing”.

In classic literature

Synonyms

democracy, commonwealth

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