Democratic-Republican
adjective
: of or relating to a major American political party of the early 19th century favoring a strict interpretation of the Constitution to restrict the powers of the federal government and emphasizing states' rights
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Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, and their Democratic-Republican and Federalist parties, battled out the idea war of their day in openly partisan gazettes.
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Michael Watson, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2024
This rare Democratic-Republican consensus that the United States ought to pivot its attention to New Delhi should allow India to remain at the forefront of U.S. strategy in Asia for decades to come.
—Nicholas Burns, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2014
Previously, congressional caucuses, a party’s members in the Congress, had selected nominees for the Democratic-Republican and Federalist parties.
—TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
Michael Watson, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2024
This rare Democratic-Republican consensus that the United States ought to pivot its attention to New Delhi should allow India to remain at the forefront of U.S. strategy in Asia for decades to come.
—Nicholas Burns, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2014
Previously, congressional caucuses, a party’s members in the Congress, had selected nominees for the Democratic-Republican and Federalist parties.
—TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
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