Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Republicanism

Republicanism (-?z'm) , noun

[Compare French républicanisme.]

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 [United States]