anti-monarchical
adjective
an·ti-mo·nar·chi·cal
ˌan-tē-mə-ˈnär-ki-kəl 
-mä-,
ˌan-tī-
variants
or less commonly antimonarchical
: opposed to or hostile toward monarchies or monarchs : anti-monarchist
an anti-monarchical revolution
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Birth of a revolutionary Where did all this anti-monarchical fire come from?
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Matthew Redmond, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
Scotland’s crown jewels are even older than those of England used in the May ceremony, thanks to some very prudent moves during the turbulent anti-monarchical period of Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century.
—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
Indeed, current events in Ukraine bear more in common with Europe’s anti-monarchical grassroots uprisings of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries than with more recent rebellions.
—Serhiy Kudelia, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2014
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Matthew Redmond, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
Scotland’s crown jewels are even older than those of England used in the May ceremony, thanks to some very prudent moves during the turbulent anti-monarchical period of Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century.
—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
Indeed, current events in Ukraine bear more in common with Europe’s anti-monarchical grassroots uprisings of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries than with more recent rebellions.
—Serhiy Kudelia, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2014
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“Anti-monarchical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-monarchical. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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