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To: roguedolphin who wrote (80512)6/23/2008 4:46:22 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (1) of 116555
 
I think you are splitting hairs. For what reason I have no idea? But most people in the world and the dictionary consider the US to be a democracy.

So why do you feel the dictionary is wrong? Just saying "do you want to argue with the constitution without giving an example (as I did) is just arguing.

Republic, democracy---what is your point??

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re·pub·lic Audio Help /r?'p?bl?k/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ri-puhb-lik] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun

1. a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
2. any body of persons viewed as a commonwealth.
3. a state in which the head of government is not a monarch or other hereditary head of state.
4. (initial capital letter) any of the five periods of republican government in France. Compare First Republic, Second Republic, Third Republic, Fourth Republic, Fifth Republic.
5. (initial capital letter, italics) a philosophical dialogue (4th century b.c.) by Plato dealing with the composition and structure of the ideal state.

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[Origin: 1595–1605; < F république, MF < L rés publica, equiv. to rés thing, entity + publica public]
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