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as in monarchism
a system of government in which there is only one ruler whose power is unlimited
Under a monarchy, the position of ruler is often passed down from parent to child.
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as in democracy
a group of people who live in a territory ruled by a single person
The country was formerly a monarchy, but has now transitioned to a republic.
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Recent Examples of monarchy
Their numbers, though, were better in May, with 64% of those polled by Norstat supporting the monarchy and 23% wanting a different system of governance.
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Gwladys Fouche,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
All this will rankle many, particularly young people, who are less likely to own their own homes and whose support for the monarchy is already in decline.
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The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
14 June 2026
RadarOnline is reporting that Ferguson is at the center of a dispute within the royal family after asking for financial security from the monarchy in exchange for not accepting lucrative media and publishing opportunities.
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Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
14 June 2026
That year was Megan Markle’s first time attending the ceremony, following her wedding to Prince Harry in May, making her official debut at one of the monarchy's most iconic occasions.
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Elle Meier,
InStyle,
13 June 2026
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Gwladys Fouche,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
All this will rankle many, particularly young people, who are less likely to own their own homes and whose support for the monarchy is already in decline.
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The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
14 June 2026
RadarOnline is reporting that Ferguson is at the center of a dispute within the royal family after asking for financial security from the monarchy in exchange for not accepting lucrative media and publishing opportunities.
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Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
14 June 2026
That year was Megan Markle’s first time attending the ceremony, following her wedding to Prince Harry in May, making her official debut at one of the monarchy's most iconic occasions.
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Elle Meier,
InStyle,
13 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monarchy
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There is also a generalized suspicion of democracy, cities, modernization, progress, cultural relativism, and materialism in favor of monarchism, agrarianism, stasis, fantasies of good versus evil, and a traditionalism that at times borders on religious fundamentalism. ..
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But for anyone outside the British elite, the constitutional monarchism that emerged after the civil wars did not look much like democracy or true liberty.
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Even as the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence − a celebration of the founding of the world's oldest modern constitutional democracy − most Americans are mired in dissatisfaction with the nation's present and pessimism about its future.
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The solution isn’t just to completely tune out–that’s not good for either a healthy democracy or my future career prospects.
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The suspect was a 36-year-old man who carried a passport belonging to the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said at a news conference in Warsaw.
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The humanities will survive not by defending an imagined past of disinterested purity, but by demonstrating their necessity in a fractured republic.
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Building tension gave way to war in 1982, when Argentina, then under a brutal dictatorship, sent a military expedition to the islands.
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Public anger over Chun’s dictatorship led to massive nationwide protests in 1987, forcing him to accept a constitutional revision introducing direct presidential elections, which is widely seen as the start of South Korea’s transition to democracy.
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The high seas have no sovereign who can demand accountability, concluded Spalding.
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The question worth watching is whether the Bank of Korea ultimately raises rates, and how much further the bond market has to fall before the two sides of the AI trade, the soaring shares and the sinking sovereign, find a level that can hold.
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His kingdom, the gesture implied, was already full.
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But Curaçao knows its roots extend to the kingdom almost 5,000 miles away, on a different continent.
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Eight towns in the commonwealth remain dry.
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The lands historically now known as Ukraine were occupied by the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth for centuries, and many Ukrainians view their nation’s genesis as the rebellion of Cossack Hetman Boghdan Khmelnitsky against the commonwealth, an event characterized by massacres of Poles and Jews.
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Britain already has the highest borrowing costs in the Group of Seven wealthy nations due to its high debt and interest payments.
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Scotland is a very small nation, six million people who have not been in the World Cup in 28 years.
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“Monarchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monarchy. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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