"representative democracy" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

Forms: representative democracies [plural]
  1. Démocratie représentative.
    Sense id: fr-representative_democracy-en-noun-WXHr7eKr Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
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