Republicanism vs. Republic — What's the Difference?

Republicanism is a political ideology centered on citizenship in a state organized as a republic. Historically, it ranges from the rule of a representative minority or oligarchy to popular sovereignty.

A republic (Latin: res publica, meaning "public affair") is a form of government in which "power is held by the people and their elected representatives". In republics, the country is considered a "public matter", not the private concern or property of the rulers.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a republic.

A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.

Favoring a republic as the best form of government.

A political order whose head of state is not a monarch and in modern times is usually a president.

Republican Of, relating to, characteristic of, or belonging to the Republican Party of the United States.

A nation that has such a political order.

One who favors a republic as the best form of government.

A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them.

Republican A member of the Republican Party of the United States.

A nation that has such a political order.

The political ideology of being a citizen in a state as a republic under which the people hold popular sovereignty.

Often Republic A specific republican government of a nation

A republican form or system of government; the principles or theory of republican government.

An autonomous or partially autonomous political and territorial unit belonging to a sovereign federation.

Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a republican form of government.

A group of people working as equals in the same sphere or field

The principles and policy of the Republican party, so called

A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.

The political orientation of those who hold that a republic is the best form of government

(archaic) A state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate.

One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.

Common weal.

A state in which the sovereign power resides in the whole body of the people, and is exercised by representatives elected by them; a commonwealth. Cf. Democracy, 2.

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch;