"representative government" meaning in All languages combined

See representative government on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: representative governments [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} representative government (countable and uncountable, plural representative governments)
  1. A government where citizens elect people to represent them and make laws on their behalf, instead of always voting directly on laws and other government actions. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (type of government): edustuksellinen demokratia (Finnish), წარმომადგენლობითი მთავრობა (c̣armomadgenlobiti mtavroba) (Georgian), წარმომადგენლობითი ხელისუფლება (c̣armomadgenlobiti xelisupleba) (Georgian)

Inflected forms

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