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Why The Left Hates It When You Point Out We're 'A Republic' (thefederalist.com)

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because democracy is an abstract name for a system and republic is the more concrete result of that system, democracy is frequently used when the emphasis is on the system itself. We could say that democracy is to republic as monarchyis to kingdom.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/democracy-and-republic