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minus-square@AtariDumplink-4•4 hours agoBecause democracy is an abstract name for a system and republic is the more concrete result of that system, democracy is frequently used when the emphasis is on the system itself. We could say that democracy is to republicas monarchy is to kingdom. https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/democracy-and-republic
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•4 hours ago Because democracy is an abstract name for a system and republic is the more concrete result of that system In other words, a republic is a kind of democracy.
A republic is a kind of democracy.
Because democracy is an abstract name for a system and republic is the more concrete result of that system, democracy is frequently used when the emphasis is on the system itself. We could say that democracy is to republicas monarchy is to kingdom.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/democracy-and-republic
In other words, a republic is a kind of democracy.