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Republican Form of Government. A republic is a form of government where the head of state is not a monarch or a dictator but a representative of the people, who is usually elected. The people have the power to control the country’s decisions instead of the elite doing so arbitrarily.
a country without a king or queen, usually governed by elected representatives of the people and a president: the People's Republic of China. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Republics & kingdoms. banana republic. body politic. Camelot. commonwealth. crown. dominion. duchy. dukedom. earldom. emirate. kingdom. monarchy. principality.
noun. /rɪˈpʌblɪk/ a country that is governed by a president and politicians elected by the people and where there is no king or queen. newly independent republics. Mary McAleese has been the President of the Republic of Ireland since 1997. see also banana republic compare monarchy. Extra Examples. Topics Politics c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
