"representative democracy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: representative democracies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} representative democracy (countable and uncountable, plural representative democracies)
  1. (politics) A policy under the rule of people acting on the behalf of and, to a lesser extent, in the interests of the voting blocks by which they were elected. Wikipedia link: representative democracy Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Democracy, Politics Synonyms: indirect democracy Translations (representative democracy): democràcia representativa [feminine] (Catalan), 代議民主制 (Chinese Mandarin), 代议民主制 (dàiyì mínzhǔzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), representatieve democratie [feminine] (Dutch), edustuksellinen demokratia (Finnish), démocratie représentative [feminine] (French), წარმომადგენლობითი დემოკრატია (c̣armomadgenlobiti demoḳraṭia) (Georgian), repräsentative Demokratie [feminine] (German), democrazia rappresentativa [feminine] (Italian), democracia representativa [feminine] (Occitan), demokracja pośrednia [feminine] (Polish), democracia representativa [feminine] (Portuguese), democrație reprezentativă [feminine] (Romanian), представи́тельная демокра́тия (predstavítelʹnaja demokrátija) [feminine] (Russian), democracia representativa [feminine] (Spanish), representativ demokrati [common-gender] (Swedish), temsilî demokrasi (Turkish), представни́цька демокра́тія (predstavnýcʹka demokrátija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), dân chủ đại diện (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-representative_democracy-en-noun-hMytOrih Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, politics

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