Re*pub"lic*an*ism (-?z'm), n. [Cf. F. r'epublicanisme.]
1.
A republican form or system of government; the principles or theory of republican government.
2.
Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a republican form of government.
Burke.
3.
The principles and policy of the Republican party, so called
[U.S.]
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