Republican (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Relating to or belonging to the Republican Party; "a Republican senator"; "Republican party politics".
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Related Words
Meaning 2
Having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government; "the United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government"- United States Constitution; "a very republican notion"; "so little republican and so much aristocratic sentiment"- Philip Marsh; "our republican and artistic simplicity"-Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The founding fathers of the United States were determined to establish a republican form of government, where power rested with the people.
- The town hall meeting was a quintessentially republican institution, where citizens gathered to discuss and decide on local issues.
- Her very republican notion of liberty and equality inspired many to join the cause of the revolution.
- The politician's aristocratic background made it difficult for him to connect with the republican ideals of the common people.
- The city's republican government was designed to be a beacon of democracy in a region dominated by monarchies.