people's republic
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people's republic¹
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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.
noun people's republics · People's Republic
- Self-designation of a state with a Marxist-Leninist government. The Ukrainian People’s Republic brings the following to the knowledge of all belligerents: The Central Rada, on Nov. 20, proclaimed a People’s Republic
- A particular area with strong, left-leaning tendencies, especially one with a certain level of autonomy. Remember, this study was conducted in Massachusetts, in the politically liberal climate of the “People's Republic of Cambridge,” where parents strive almost as hard to create racially nonbiased behavior in their children as they do to get them into the proper school.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see people, 's, republic.
Similar: popular republic, national republic
People's Republic²
noun People's Republics
- Alternative letter-case form of people's republic
proper noun the People's Republic
- Ellipsis of the People's Republic of China: a country in East Asia. While he was reticent to speak up at my request, a number of his former colleagues made themselves helpful, particularly in making me aware of the nominee’s previously published work laying out a plan for the U.S. to abandon its allegiance to Taiwan in favor of the People’s Republic.
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noun self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
| Español | república popular |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 인민공화국 inmin'gonghwaguk |
| 日本語 | 人民共和国 jinmin kyōwakoku |
| 中文 | 人民共和國 /人民共和国 rénmín gònghéguó |
| Português | república popular |
| Français | république populaire |
| Deutsch | Volksrepublik |
| Italiano | repubblica popolare |
| Ελληνικά | λαϊκή δημοκρατία laïkí dimokratía |
| Română | republică populară |
| Русский | наро́дная респу́блика naródnaja respúblika |
| Tiếng Việt | cộng hòa nhân dân |
| العربية | الْجُمْهُورِيَّة الشَّعْبِيَّة al-jumhūriyya š-šaʕbiyya |
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title = {people's republic},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-07}
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