1. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
   - democracy, commonwealth 
2. A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch
   "the head of state in a republic is usually a president"

Derived forms: republics

Type of: form of government, political system

Encyclopedia: Republic, MO Republic, Michigan Republic, Missouri Republic, MI Republic Republic, KS Republic, Kansas Republic, WA Republic, Wa Republic, Washington Republic, Pennsylvania Republic, OH Republic, Ohio Republic, PA

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