antirepublican
Opposing representative government
Antirepublican describes opposition to republican government—rule through elected representatives rather than monarchy or autocracy.
In American contexts, capitalized Anti-Republican typically means opposing the Republican Party specifically: antirepublican sentiment among progressives.
The uncapitalized form usually refers to opposition to republican principles generally: The king's antirepublican advisors urged him to dissolve parliament.
Disagreement with authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
countermovement · critique · disapproval · anti-democratic · loyalist · royalist · reactionary · counterrevolutionary
Advocacy for royal sovereignty
- traditionalismAdherence to inherited customs
- reactionaryAnti-progress political stance
- divine rightGod-granted ruling authority
- anti-revolutionaryOpposing forcible political overthrow
conservatism · absolutist · Old Regime · ancien régime · royalism · dynastic
Rule by crowned sovereign
- oligarchyRule by few
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- autocracyRule by one
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
totalitarianism · despotism · tyranny · absolutism · aristocracy · theocracy · plutocracy · feudalism
Blue party supporter
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- leftistAdvocate for progressive politics
- liberalOpen to reform
- blue stateConsistently Democratic voting region
left-leaning · partisan · opposition party · swing voter · independent
dissent
Disagreement with authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- objectionExpression of disapproval
rejection · countermovement · critique · disapproval · anti-democratic · loyalist · royalist · reactionary · counterrevolutionary · restorationist
monarchism
Advocacy for royal sovereignty
- traditionalismAdherence to inherited customs
- reactionaryAnti-progress political stance
- divine rightGod-granted ruling authority
anti-revolutionary · conservatism · absolutist · Old Regime · ancien régime · royalism · dynastic
monarchy
Rule by crowned sovereign
- oligarchyRule by few
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- autocracyRule by one
dictatorship · totalitarianism · despotism · tyranny · absolutism · aristocracy · theocracy · plutocracy · feudalism · junta
Democrat
Blue party supporter
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- leftistAdvocate for progressive politics
- liberalOpen to reform
blue state · left-leaning · partisan · opposition party · swing voter · independent
antirepublicanrepublican
Advocate against hereditary rule
democratic · constitutionalist · pro-democracy · populist · federalist
antirepublicanrepublican
Advocate against hereditary rule
anti-monarchist · revolutionary · democratic · egalitarian · popular sovereignty
republic, republican, republics, republicanism, unrepublican