antimonarchical
Opposing hereditary rule
Antimonarchical describes opposition to monarchy as a system of government.
Someone with antimonarchical views believes that hereditary rule by kings and queens is illegitimate, outdated, or harmful to society.
The term appears most often in political and historical contexts discussing revolutionary movements or republican sentiments.
The antimonarchical pamphlets circulated widely before the revolution.
Murdering a monarch
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- dethroneRemove from sovereignty
- deposeRemove from authority
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
uprising · coup · revolt · abolition · usurpation · guillotine · execution · exile
Government by elected officials
- constitutionalismGovernance bound by fundamental laws
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
democratization · popular sovereignty · self-governance · federalism · pluralism · autonomy · individualism · progressivism
Civil War anti-monarchists
- JacobinsFrench revolutionary faction
- sans-culottesRevolutionary French working-class radicals
- Levellers1640s English egalitarian faction
- CromwellEnglish republican military leader
Robespierre · French Revolution · English Civil War · American Revolution · Glorious Revolution · Commonwealth · regicides · Convention
Public expression of disapproval
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
objection · disapproval · dissidence · nonconformity · skepticism · censure · disaffection · iconoclasm
State with elected leaders
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- electorateEligible voting body
voting · representative · citizenship · legislature · enfranchisement · ballot · civic · assembly
regicide
Murdering a monarch
insurrection · uprising · coup · revolt · abolition · usurpation · guillotine · execution · exile · commonwealth
republicanism
Government by elected officials
- constitutionalismGovernance bound by fundamental laws
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
secularism · democratization · popular sovereignty · self-governance · federalism · pluralism · autonomy · individualism · progressivism · radicalism
Roundheads
Civil War anti-monarchists
- JacobinsFrench revolutionary faction
- sans-culottesRevolutionary French working-class radicals
- Levellers1640s English egalitarian faction
Cromwell · Robespierre · French Revolution · English Civil War · American Revolution · Glorious Revolution · Commonwealth · regicides · Convention · Terror
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
critique · objection · disapproval · dissidence · nonconformity · skepticism · censure · disaffection · iconoclasm · pamphleteering
republic
State with elected leaders
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
electorate · voting · representative · citizenship · legislature · enfranchisement · ballot · civic · assembly · referendum
antimonarchicalmonarchist
Supporter of kings
royalist · monarchical · monarchism · divine right · Jacobite
monarch, monarchy, monarchs, monarchical, monarchist, monocracy, monarchism, antimonarchy, antimonarchist