Saturday, August 8, 2026

Defining the noun word "republic"

There's a saying for those who are making a loving in real estate, location/location, and so it goes for the word definition websites, if they are located in the UK many other definitions can be found, and in this case defining the noun word "republic," I discovered that defining this noun word "republic" can be more than  a political word.  And the other UK based website, dictionary.com offers a definition based on a century's old definition, and the other similarly located website Cambridge notes 3 other kinds of the noun word, "republic"—which shows that location and definition matters when defining a word, the merriam-webste ir located in the US and adheres solely to the political only.
 Although this website, libertyfund.org is not strictly offering a definition, I've included it because of the need to further define a "republic" from other kinds of republics, such as the French republic, which is not a form of government in any way similar to the US federal republic.
 Google's AI lets know that the first "republic" of ancient times was the Roman republic, however, according to the ancient sages, they boiled it down to another definition, because a "republic was for the common good."
Nonetheless, we find out from Google's AI that prior to the 17th century, a "republic" defined almost any non-tyrannical state, yet both the Revolutionary War and French revolution were very different, the definition of a "republic" was subject to the proviso, no hereditary monarchs,  still, both were dissimilar revolutionary inspired acts.
 My research proves, that as I've always believed, certain words like "republic" have a life of their own, so much so, that people are willing to give their lives to achieve it.
  
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/republic

Saturday, July 25, 2026

What is the definition of the noun word "revolution"?

 
According to Google's AI summary "…"revolution" is a noun that generally means either a fundamental, sudden change in a society's political structure (such as an overthrow of government) or a radical shift in ways of thinking…"
As well, Google's AI summary includes another aspect of a "revolution"—"…It can also refer to a fundamental, radical change in society's class or cultural structures, Scientific or Cultural…"
 Moreover, Google's AI summary notes that the noun word "revolution" has another definition: "…the Industrial Revolution or the Copernican revolution).Physics and Astronomy: The action of a celestial body moving in an orbit around another body, or the complete circular turning motion of an object around an axis (such as the Earth's orbit around the sun or a wheel completing one rotation)…"
 On my list of websites that offer definitions of the noun word "revolution" I've included the wikipedia.org's extensive overview of the origins and beginnings of it.
 However, my list of research website wouldn't be complete without the aci.org's  insightful analysis of exactly how revolutionary the American Revolutionary War was when measured against other such claims of revolution that took place in the world during other periods of time.
 According to my research, we can celebrate 250 years of our Republic's founding with the knowledge that when measured against bloodier revolutions like the French revolution, for instance, no heads were severed to achieve our freedom from the British, but perhaps lots of tea was dumped into the Boston harbor, which is what I remember from my high school civics course, as a graphic example of what took place.