REPUBLIC

Republic

A republic is a form of government in which affairs of state are a "public matter", not the private concern of the rulers, in which public offices are consequently appointed or elected rather than privately accommodated . In modern times, the common definition of a republic is a government which excludes a monarch. For example, in the first decade of the 21st century, Nepal was declared a Federal democratic Republic after abolishing its 240-year-old monarchy, by a heavy majority in the Nepalese constituent assembly on 28 May 2008, at Kathmandu, Nepal. Currently, 135 of the world's 206 sovereign states use the word "republic" as part of their ...

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republic

Noun

  1. A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
  2. A state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate.
  3. One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.


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