antiroyalist
Against the monarchy
Antiroyalist describes opposition to monarchy or royal rule.
An antiroyalist stance favors republican government or simply opposes the power of kings and queens.
The term appears in historical contexts—the English Civil War, the French Revolution—and in modern debates about abolishing existing monarchies: antiroyalist sentiment in Australia, an antiroyalist pamphlet.
As a noun, an antiroyalist is someone holding such views.
Forcible removal from power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- regicideMurdering a monarch
guillotine · dethrone · depose · coup · Jacobins · Bastille · French Revolution · English Civil War
Disagreement with authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
rejection · discontent · pamphleteer · agitation · subversion · sedition · treason · underground
Rule by crowned sovereign
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
nobility · peerage · hereditary privilege · divine right · absolutism · despotism · tyranny · courtier
Rule by the people
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
- constitutionalismGovernance bound by fundamental laws
- self-governmentRuling oneself independently
- popular sovereigntyPopulace holds ultimate authority
anti-monarchism · secularism · liberalism · parliamentarianism · federalism · pluralism · meritocracy · citizenship
overthrow
Forcible removal from power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
regicide · guillotine · dethrone · depose · coup · Jacobins · Bastille · French Revolution · English Civil War · commonwealth
dissent
Disagreement with authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
critique · rejection · discontent · pamphleteer · agitation · subversion · sedition · treason · underground · exile
monarchy
Rule by crowned sovereign
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
aristocracy · nobility · peerage · hereditary privilege · divine right · absolutism · despotism · tyranny · courtier · feudalism
democracy
Rule by the people
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
- constitutionalismGovernance bound by fundamental laws
- self-governmentRuling oneself independently
popular sovereignty · anti-monarchism · secularism · liberalism · parliamentarianism · federalism · pluralism · meritocracy · citizenship · civic virtue
antiroyalistroyalist
Advocate for hereditary sovereignty
monarchist · Jacobite · royals · Tory · imperialist