English Explanatory Dictionary

people's republic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A self-designation of states with Marxist–Leninist governments.
  2. A particular area with strong, left-leaning tendencies, especially one with a certain level of autonomy.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see people, 's, republic.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of people's republic.
name
  1. Ellipsis of the People's Republic of China: a country in East Asia.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

people's republic people's republics the People's Republic

Etymology

Calque of Russian народная республика (narodnaja respublika) (from народный (narodnyj) + республика (respublika) “people's republic, popular republic, national republic”), coined in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Attested in English from 1918.

Synonyms

popular republic national republic

Related words

Soviet republic Soviet Socialist Republic SSR

Derived words

Donetsk People's Republic Luhansk People's Republic Mongolian People's Republic People's Republic People's Republic of Bangladesh People's Republic of China
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