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- adjective Not
republican ; contrary to the spirit of arepublic
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Examples
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"unrepublican" formalities and elegance of Washington's "Court," at his triumphal progresses through the country, and at the enormous one-man power as exhibited in the person of Hamilton.
The Conqueror Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 1902
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He opposes a president who represents an alien and unrepublican philosophy of state control and state planning, whereas I ... we represent the individual.
John Feffer: Not-So-Magical Realism John Feffer 2010
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He opposes a president who represents an alien and unrepublican philosophy of state control and state planning, whereas I ... we represent the individual.
John Feffer: Not-So-Magical Realism John Feffer 2010
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The Queen may have not ventured inside the All England Club for 33 years, but this is still a deeply unrepublican niche, an island of obedient gentility.
The Queen's first visit to Wimbledon since 1977 rouses excitement 2010
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Reagan also told the GOP this when he told republicans it was unrepublican to attack their own party candidates in the primaries. same thing here.
Quote Of The Day 2009
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In this view of the party, Skidmore's eventual failure resulted from his opponents 'ability to label him as "an unrepublican, violent fanatic who would make all possessions collective."
Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840 2006
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And frankly, I think it's the most unrepublican thing I ever heard of.
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Formerly, on solemn occasions, that is to say on days of battle, he wore a large blue sash, but he has given up that unrepublican distinction.
Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997
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Formerly, on solemn occasions, that is to say on days of battle, he wore a large blue sash, but he has given up that unrepublican distinction.
Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997
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Americans developed an American purpose for art (imparting republican values), created an American style of art (republican simplicity), and used American subjects for art (republican leaders), but in a traditionally unrepublican medium, the portrait.
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