Republican can refer to:

Political ideology

* An advocate of a

republic A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a State (polity), state in which Power (social and political), political power rests with the public (people), typically through their Representat ...

, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. **

Republicanism Republicanism is a political ideology that encompasses a range of ideas from civic virtue, political participation, harms of corruption, positives of mixed constitution, rule of law, and others. Historically, it emphasizes the idea of self ...

, the ideology in support of republics or against monarchy; the opposite of

monarchism Monarchism is the advocacy of the system of monarchy or monarchical rule. A monarchist is an individual who supports this form of government independently of any specific monarch, whereas one who supports a particular monarch is a royalist. ...

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Republicanism in Australia Republicanism in Australia is a movement to change Australia's system of government from a constitutional monarchy to a republic; presumably, a form of parliamentary republic that would replace the monarch of Australia (currently King Charles ...

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Republicanism in Barbados On 30 November 2021, Barbados transitioned from a parliamentary constitutional monarchy under the hereditary monarch of Barbados ( Queen Elizabeth II) to a parliamentary republic with a ceremonial indirectly elected president as head of state. ...

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Republicanism in Canada Canadian republicanism or republicanism in Canada is a movement for the replacement of the monarchy of Canada and a monarch as head of state with a parliamentary republic and a democratically-selected Canadian as head of state. Republicans are ...

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Republicanism in Ireland Irish republicanism () is the political movement for an Irish republic, void of any British rule. Throughout its centuries of existence, it has encompassed various tactics and identities, simultaneously elective and militant and has been both w ...

*** Republicanism in Morocco ***

Republicanism in the Netherlands Republicanism in the Netherlands is a movement that strives to abolish the Dutch monarchy and replace it with a republic. The popularity of the organised republican movement that seeks to abolish the monarchy in its entirety has been suggested ...

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Republicanism in New Zealand Republicanism in New Zealand is the political position that New Zealand's system of government should be changed from a constitutional monarchy to a republic. New Zealand republicanism dates back to the 19th century, but it was only a fringe ...

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Republicanism in Spain Republicanism in Spain is a political position and movement that believes Spain should be a republic. There has existed in Spain a persistent trend of Republicanism, republican thought, especially throughout the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, ...

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Republicanism in Sweden Republicanism in Sweden () is the collective term for the movement in Sweden that seeks to establish a republic and abolish the Swedish constitutional monarchy. Overview A large part of the arguments for proclaiming a Swedish Republic are ba ...

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Republicanism in the United Kingdom Republicanism in the United Kingdom is the political movement that seeks to replace the United Kingdom's Monarchy of the United Kingdom, monarchy with a republic. Supporters of the movement, called republicans, support alternative forms of gove ...

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Republicanism in the United States The values and ideals of republicanism are foundational in the constitution and history of the United States. As the United States constitution prohibits granting titles of nobility, ''republicanism'' in this context does not refer to a ...

Classical republicanism Classical republicanism, also known as civic republicanism or civic humanism, is a form of republicanism developed in the Renaissance inspired by the governmental forms and writings of classical antiquity, especially such classical writers as Ar ...

, republicanism as formulated in the Renaissance *A member of a Republican Party: **

Republican Party (disambiguation) Republican Party is a name used by many political parties around the world, a reference to Republicanism, a political ideology. Republican Party may refer to: Africa * Republican Party (Liberia) * Republican Party (Malawi) * Republican Party (N ...

Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party, also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP), is a Right-wing politics, right-wing political parties in the United States, political party in the United States. One of the Two-party system, two major parties, it emerged as t ...

, one of the two main parties in the U.S. **

Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil ( ; ; meaning "Soldiers of Destiny" or "Warriors of Fál"), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (), is a centre to centre-right political party in Ireland. Founded as a republican party in 1926 by Éamon de ...

, a conservative political party in Ireland **

The Republicans (France) The Republicans (, ; LR) is a liberal-conservative List of political parties in France, political party in France, largely inspired by the tradition of Gaullism. The party was formed in 2015 as the refoundation of the Union for a Popular Movem ...

, the main centre-right political party in France **The

Republican Proposal Republican Proposal (), usually referred to by its abbreviation PRO, is a political party in Argentina. PRO was formed as an electoral alliance in 2005, but was transformed into a national party in 2010. It is the major component of the Juntos ...

, PRO, Republican Party of Argentina **

Republicans (Brazil) The Republicans (), formerly the Brazilian Republican Party (, PRB) and originally formed as the Municipalist Renewal Party (, PMR), is a Brazilian political party. Its electoral number, the numerical assignment for Brazilian political parties, ...

, a conservative political party in Brazil **

Republican People's Party (disambiguation) The Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party (RPP; , CHP ) is a Kemalism, Kemalist and Social democracy, social democratic political party in Turkey. It is the oldest List of political parties in Turkey, political party in Tur ...

*particular governments that called themselves republics, including: **

List of republics This is a list of republics. For ancient history, antiquity (or later in the case of societies that did not refer to modern terminology to qualify their form of government) the assessment of whether a state organisation is a ''republic'' is based ...

Roman Republic The Roman Republic ( ) was the era of Ancient Rome, classical Roman civilisation beginning with Overthrow of the Roman monarchy, the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establis ...

, as well as supporters of the Republic during the Roman Empire **

Second Spanish Republic The Spanish Republic (), commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic (), was the form of democratic government in Spain from 1931 to 1939. The Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931 after the deposition of Alfonso XIII, King Alfonso XIII. ...

, during the Spanish Civil War, as well as its supporters ***

Republican faction (Spanish Civil War) The Republican faction (), also known as the Loyalist faction () or the Government faction (), was the side in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939 that supported the government of the Second Spanish Republic against the Nationalist faction (Span ...

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was a presidential republic in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2021. The state was established to replace the Afghan Afghan Interim Administration, interim (2001–2002) and Transitional Islamic State of Afghanist ...

, which governed Afghanistan from 2004 to 2021 ***

Republican insurgency in Afghanistan The republican insurgency in Afghanistan is an ongoing Low-intensity conflict, low-level Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla war between the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, National Resistance Front and allied groups which fight under the ...

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French Republic France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

s, most notably the First Republic established during the French Revolution and the Second Republic, the first post-Revolution republic in France

People

* Upper Republican, a distinct culture of Native Americans along the upper

Republican River The Republican River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America, rising in the High Plains of eastern Colorado and flowing east U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map acce ...

Publications

*''The Republican'', a British newspaper established as Sherwin's Political Register by

Richard Carlile Richard Carlile (8 December 1790 – 10 February 1843) was an English radical publisher and writer. He was an important agitator for the establishment of universal suffrage and freedom of the press in the United Kingdom. Early life and career ...

in 1817 and renamed in 1819 * ''The Republican'' (Springfield, Massachusetts), a newspaper published in Springfield, Massachusetts *''Lawrence Republican'', a defunct newspaper published before the American Civil War in

Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence is a city in and the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state. It is in the northeastern sector of the state, astride Interstate 70 in Kansas, Interstate 70, between the Kansas River ...

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Missouri Republican The ''Missouri Republican'' was a newspaper founded in 1808 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Its predecessor was the ''Morning Gazette''. It later changed its name to ''St. Louis Republic''. After supporting the Whig Party, the paper be ...

'', newspaper based in St. Louis, Missouri (1808–1919) *'' Woodville Republican'', a weekly newspaper published in Woodville, Mississippi

Places in the United States

Republican City, Nebraska Republican City is a village in Harlan County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 150 at the 2010 census. The town is near the Harlan County Reservoir. At its peak in the 1950s the population was about 4 times larger than it is today. ...

, a village in the state of Nebraska *

, a river that flows through Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas * Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana * Republican Township, Clay County, Kansas * Republican, North Carolina

Political ideology

People

Publications

Places in the United States

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