" republics "

 [ "Republic" ]

1: A system of government ran by ellected officials. Not a rare system of government at all. Republic by definition does not imply a concern for human rights or an inclusive democratic system. It just means that a governing body (aristocracy, military, general population, etc) ellected a head of state. Republics are by no means rare and are not necsessarily short lived. In fact, of the almost 200 currently existing soverign states in the world currently, roughly half of them are republics. And the republic of San Marino has had a life span of roughly 1700 years.

  * e.g.,  ... The United States of America, the People's Republic of China, etc. 

 [ "FOR THE REPUBLIC" ]

1: If these aren't my dying words~

  * e.g.,  ... Commander Thorn: (being awesome) FOR THE REPUBLIC 

 [ "Republicing" ]

1: to fuck over those who have less than you do.

  * e.g.,  ... Trump is republicing the country. 

 [ "Republic" ]

1:  A system of government involving the election of representatives and no hereditary offices.

  * e.g.,  ...  The United States is governed by elected representatives and has no King or Queen so it is a republic. 

 [ "Republic" ]

2:  A word used by certain political groups to refer to a government that does what they want.

  * e.g.,  ...  Many conservatives talk about bringing back the "republic" and think the United States is not one because in their fantasy world the word "republic" means government that follows their beliefs. 

 [ "republic" ]

1: a system in which the public "votes in" a few puppets to look like they're running the government, who are actually put in by the 10 or so people that control everything people read or see on TV, and convince them they're not being fucked as hard as they feel.

  * e.g.,  ... We're all taken care of in a republic! ...except THOSE guys..oh and THEM too... 

 [ "Republic" ]

1: Contrary to right-wing propaganda, a Republic is indeed a form of representative Democracy in which ordinary people elect officials to represent them in a legislature or parliament. Simply put, a Republic is the "what" and a Democracy is the "how." It's been that way since the Roman Republic was established in 509 B.C. The notion that Democracy is a mob-rule involving direct citizen voting on every issue is a distortion spread by idiots like Tom Tancredo and radical ideologues like Pat Buchanan. They don't like the term "Democracy" because it reminds them of the Democratic party. The opposite of a Republic is a Monarchy, not a Democracy.

  * e.g.,  ... "You know we have a Republic, not a Democracy, right?" "You must be an intern at Fox News." 

 [ "Republic" ]

1: Representative form of government pioneered in Greece but sophisticated in the Roman Republic. Involves districts with populace voters who elect their representative officials. United States is a Republic.

  * e.g.,  ... "This aint a democracy you idiot, its a republic" 

 [ "Republic" ]

1: A Republic is an indirect form of government in which the people of a nation elect represenitives to make decisions. The first Republic was that of ancient Rome, up until Julius Cezar, than it became and empire.

  * e.g.,  ... Ancient Rome was the best Republic ever. 

 [ "Republic" ]

2:  The United States of America is the best living example of a Republic, although (as all goverments are) it is rather corrupt.

  * e.g.,  ... The United States Of America is a Republican state, not a democracy. 

 [ "Republic" ]

1: When Gatecrasher was cool, it was called Republic.

  * e.g.,  ... Shall we go to Republic? At least the beers cool. 

 [ "Republic" ]

2: Had the funky postcode of S1 1DJ.

 [ "republic" ]

1: NOT a democracy. A nation with elected leaders. Could be a fascist dictatorship, left-wing utopia, or Marxist-Leninist socialism.

  * e.g.,  ... Not all republics are "free."