anti-monarchical

adjective

an·​ti-mo·​nar·​chi·​cal ˌan-tē-mə-ˈnär-ki-kəl How to pronounce anti-monarchical (audio)
-mä-, 
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-monarchical (audio)
variants or less commonly antimonarchical
: opposed to or hostile toward monarchies or monarchs : anti-monarchist
an anti-monarchical revolution

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Our country today inherits such anti-monarchical views. — Charles Hilu, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2025 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. — Serhiy Kudelia, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2014 Such a transition would have been controversial under normal circumstances, given his lack of experience and the ideological sensitivity around hereditary succession in a system born from anti-monarchical revolution. — Mehrzad Boroujerdi, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1633, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of anti-monarchical was in 1633

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“Anti-monarchical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-monarchical. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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