REPUBLICANISM

republicanism. Republicanism, n. a system of republican government, attachment to that system

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Re‐pub″lic‐an‐ism (–?z'm), n. [[Cf. F. républicanisme.]] 1. 1. A republican form or system of government; the principles or theory of republican government.
2. 2. Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a republican form of government. Burke.
3. 3. The principles and policy of the Republican party, so called