\Re*pub"lic*an*ism\ (-?z'm), n. [Cf. F.
r['e]publicanisme.]
1. A republican form or system of government; the principles
   or theory of republican government.
2. Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a republican
   form of government. --Burke.
3. The principles and policy of the Republican party, so
   called [U.S.]