-kəˌnizəm noun
( -s )
Etymology: republican (I) + -ism
1. : adherence to or sympathy for a republican form of government : republican practices or spirit : attachment to republican principles or institutions
republicanism , driven underground by the era of reaction, was kept alive — Times Literary Supplement
popular democratic sentiment came forth as republicanism — Alfredo Mendizábal Villalbo
2. : a republican form of government : the principles or theory of republican government
maintenance of republicanism in Latin America — Alexander Marchant
republicanism in the seventeenth century was … an aristocratic doctrine — G.H.Sabine
3. usually capitalized
a. : the principles, policy, or practices of the Republican party of the U.S.
the leading theorist of modern Republicanism — Stewart Alsop
b. : the Republican party or its members
a rousing battle between midwest Republicanism and Democratic liberalism — New York Times