"Republic" and "democracy" aren't "two different kinds of government". They describe two different things *about* a government.
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"Democracy" means that the actual decision-making power of the government is tied to the people ("demos", people, "kratos", power)
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You can be a democracy and not a republic -- that's what a constitutional monarchy like the UK is (legitimacy still comes from the crown)
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