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Synonyms & Antonyms of republican
of, relating to, or favoring political democracy
- a small but well-organized republican movement working quietly to overthrow the military dictatorship
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- autocratic
- (also autocratical),
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- monarchal
- (or monarchial),
- monarchical
- (also monarchic),
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic)
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The first known use of republican was in 1646
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