Definition of "republicanism" []

• The advocacy of a republic as a means of government (noun)

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• "Even the term republicanism is a coarse and conventional description of that sentiment which dominated his whole being, and which is the inspiration at once of his poetry and of his prose."
• "What President Adams meant by republicanism is the system of liberty under law."
• "Dallas, once a bastion of republicanism, is now a SOLID democratic town and county."