republic vs dictatorship vs monarchy
Definitions
noun
- a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch
- a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Examples
But Arthur's do-gooder streak didn't particularly please other Republicans, and he became one of the few Presidents to fail to win his own party's nomination for re-election.
Recruit rich white republicunts (carpetbaggers) to swoop in and scoop-up "devalued" (seized from still-exiled owners) properties and change the entire complexion (race, income, politics, everyfuckingthing) of the ENTIRE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA.
The promise of tax cuts proved, as always, to be the Republican Party's trump card.
Definitions
noun
- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Examples
This type of political perversion of the law was well known during Hitler's fascist dictatorship.
The ayatollah broke with Iran's clerical leadership and became a vehement critic, denouncing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and calling the postelection crackdown the work of a dictatorship.
Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship. Harry S. Truman