"representative government" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "representative governments",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "representative government (countable and uncountable, plural representative governments)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-representative_government-en-noun-fRvQnSwU",
      "links": [
        [
          "government",
          "government"
        ],
        [
          "citizen",
          "citizen"
        ],
        [
          "represent",
          "represent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "type of government",
          "word": "edustuksellinen demokratia"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣armomadgenlobiti mtavroba",
          "sense": "type of government",
          "word": "წარმომადგენლობითი მთავრობა"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣armomadgenlobiti xelisupleba",
          "sense": "type of government",
          "word": "წარმომადგენლობითი ხელისუფლება"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "representative government"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "representative governments",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "representative government (countable and uncountable, plural representative governments)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "government",
          "government"
        ],
        [
          "citizen",
          "citizen"
        ],
        [
          "represent",
          "represent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of government",
      "word": "edustuksellinen demokratia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣armomadgenlobiti mtavroba",
      "sense": "type of government",
      "word": "წარმომადგენლობითი მთავრობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣armomadgenlobiti xelisupleba",
      "sense": "type of government",
      "word": "წარმომადგენლობითი ხელისუფლება"
    }
  ],
  "word": "representative government"
}