republicanism

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noun

The political ideology of being a citizen in a state as a republic under which the people hold popular sovereignty.

OriginEnglish republican ← French républicain ← Middle French republique →
UncommonScrabble 21
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Meanings

republicanism1

nounrepublicanism (countable and uncountable, plural republicanisms)

plural republicanisms

  1. countableuncountableThe political ideology of being a citizen in a state as a republic under which the people hold popular sovereignty.

Republicanism2

nounRepublicanism (uncountable)
  1. USuncountablegovernmentThe policy or philosophy of the Republican Party of the United States.

    “It’s not going to change,” Madrid says. “[…] This is mainstream Republicanism. So once you start to move off of that, you will start to lose the intensity of the support and turnout you need from the shrinking Republican base. […]”

    2022 April 13, Ryan Bort, “The Real Reason Republicans Are Loading Their 2022 Campaign Ads With Guns”, in Rolling Stone

Origin

republicanism · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  3. Proto-Italic*reis
  4. Latinrēs
  5. Proto-Italic*poplos
  6. Old Latinpoplus
  7. Old Latinpoplicus
  8. Latinpūblicus
  9. Latinpūblica
  10. Latinrēspūblica
  11. Latinrēpūblicā
  12. Middle Frenchrepublique
  13. Englishrepublic
  14. Frenchrépublicain
  15. Englishrepublican
  16. Englishrepublicanism

From republican + -ism.

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Republicanism · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  3. Proto-Italic*reis
  4. Latinrēs
  5. Proto-Italic*poplos
  6. Old Latinpoplus
  7. Old Latinpoplicus
  8. Latinpūblicus
  9. Latinpūblica
  10. Latinrēspūblica
  11. Latinrēpūblicā
  12. Middle Frenchrepublique
  13. Englishrepublic
  14. Frenchrépublicain
  15. Englishrepublican
  16. EnglishRepublican
  17. EnglishRepublicanism

From Republican + -ism.

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Translations

Catalan republicanisme
  • republicanismerepublicanism as a form of government
Chinese Mandarin 共和, 共和主義 /共和主义
  • 共和 (gònghé)republicanism as a form of government
  • 共和主義 /共和主义 (gònghé zhǔyì)republicanism as a form of government
Czech republikanismus, republikánství
  • republikanismusrepublicanism as a form of government
  • republikánstvírepublicanism as a form of government
Danish republikanisme
  • republikanismerepublicanism as a form of government
Dutch republikanisme
  • republikanismerepublicanism as a form of government
Esperanto respublikismo
  • respublikismorepublicanism as a form of government
Finnish tasavaltalaisuus, tasavaltaisuus
  • tasavaltalaisuusrepublicanism as a form of government
  • tasavaltaisuusrepublicanism as a form of government
  • republikanismirepublicanism as a form of government
French républicanisme
  • républicanismerepublicanism as a form of government
German Republikanismus
  • Republikanismusrepublicanism as a form of government
Greek ρεπουμπλικανισμός
  • ρεπουμπλικανισμός (repoumplikanismós)republicanism as a form of government
Hebrew רפובליקניזם
  • רפובליקניזםrepublicanism as a form of government
Hungarian republikanizmus
  • republikanizmusrepublicanism as a form of government
Indonesian republikanisme
  • republikanismerepublicanism as a form of government
Irish poblachtachas, poblachtánachas
  • poblachtachasrepublicanism as a form of government
  • poblachtánachasrepublicanism as a form of government
Italian repubblicanesimo
  • repubblicanesimorepublicanism as a form of government
Japanese 共和, 共和
  • 共和 (kyōwa)republicanism as a form of government
  • 共和republicanism as a form of government
Korean 공화주의
  • 공화주의 (gonghwajuui)republicanism as a form of government
Latin republicanismus
  • republicanismusrepublicanism as a form of government
Malay republikanisme, faham republik
  • republikanismerepublicanism as a form of government
  • faham republikrepublicanism as a form of government
Norwegian Bokmål republikanisme
  • republikanismerepublicanism as a form of government
Polish republikanizm
  • republikanizmrepublicanism as a form of government
Portuguese republicanismo
  • republicanismorepublicanism as a form of government
Romanian republicanism
  • republicanismrepublicanism as a form of government
Russian республика́нство, республикани́зм
  • республика́нство (respublikánstvo)republicanism as a form of government
  • республикани́зм (respublikanízm)republicanism as a form of government
Scottish Gaelic mì-rìoghalachd, mì-rìoghachd
  • mì-rìoghalachdrepublicanism as a form of government
  • mì-rìoghachdrepublicanism as a form of government
  • poblachdasrepublicanism as a form of government
Slovak republikanizmus, republikánstvo
  • republikanizmusrepublicanism as a form of government
  • republikánstvorepublicanism as a form of government
Spanish republicanismo
  • republicanismorepublicanism as a form of government
Swedish republikanism
  • republikanismrepublicanism as a form of government
Turkish cumhuriyetçilik
  • cumhuriyetçilikrepublicanism as a form of government
Welsh gweriniaetholdeb
  • gweriniaetholdebrepublicanism as a form of government
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