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or less commonly antimonarchical
: opposed to or hostile toward monarchies or monarchs : anti-monarchist
an anti-monarchical revolution
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Indeed, current events in Ukraine bear more in common with Europe’s anti-monarchical grassroots uprisings of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries than with more recent rebellions.
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Serhiy Kudelia, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2014
Scotland’s crown jewels are even older than those of England used in the May ceremony, thanks to some very prudent moves during the turbulent anti-monarchical period of Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century.
—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
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Serhiy Kudelia, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2014
Scotland’s crown jewels are even older than those of England used in the May ceremony, thanks to some very prudent moves during the turbulent anti-monarchical period of Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century.
—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
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“Anti-monarchical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-monarchical. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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