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noun
1.
a person or thing that represents another or others.
2.
an agent or deputy: a legal representative.
3.
a person who represents a constituency or community in a legislative body, especially a member of the U.S. House of Representatives or a lower house in certain state legislatures.
4.
a typical example or specimen of a group, quality, or kind.
adjective
5.
serving to represent; representing.
6.
standing or acting for another or others.
7.
made up of representatives: a representative assembly.
8.
Government. of or pertaining to a system of governance by chosen representatives, usually elected from among a large group, as in representative democracy; representative government.
9.
EXPANDexemplifying a group or kind; typical: a representative selection of Elizabethan plays.
10.
corresponding to or replacing some other species or the like, as in a different locality.
11.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of representationalism.
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Representative_democracy
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (adj.) < Medieval Latin repraesentātīvus, equivalent to repraesentāt(us) (see representation) + -īvus -ive
1350–1400; Middle English (adj.) < Medieval Latin repraesentātīvus, equivalent to repraesentāt(us) (see representation) + -īvus -ive
Related forms
rep·re·sent·a·tive·ly, adverb
rep·re·sent·a·tive·ness, noun
non·rep·re·sent·a·tive, noun, adjective
non·rep·re·sent·a·tive·ly, adverb
non·rep·re·sent·a·tive·ness, noun
EXPANDo·ver·rep·re·sent·a·tive, adjective
o·ver·rep·re·sent·a·tive·ly, adverb
o·ver·rep·re·sent·a·tive·ness, noun
un·rep·re·sent·a·tive, adjective
un·rep·re·sent·a·tive·ly, adverb
un·rep·re·sent·a·tive·ness, noun
COLLAPSESynonyms
5. symbolic, exemplary, typical, characteristic.
5. symbolic, exemplary, typical, characteristic.
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| Main Entry: | representative democracy |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a type of democracy in which the citizens delegate authority to elected representatives |
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