unrepublican
English
Etymology
un- + republican
Adjective
unrepublican (comparative more unrepublican, superlative most unrepublican)
- Not republican; contrary to the spirit of a republic
- 1867, Charles Sumner, “Prophetic Voices About America”, in Choice Specimens of American Literature, And Literary Reader:
- It is easy to see that empire obtained by force is unrepublican and offensive to that first principle of our Union according to which all just government stands only on the consent of the governed.
- 1890, John Fiske, Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins:
- Besides, it was something that had been unpopular in ancient Greece and Rome, and it was thought to be essentially unrepublican in principle.
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Synonyms
- undemocratic