representative democracy

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españoldemocracia representativa

Françaisdémocratie représentative

Deutschrepräsentative Demokratie

7 more languages

Bahasa Indonesiademokrasi perwakilan

Italianodemocrazia rappresentativa

ქართულიწარმომადგენლობითი დემოკრატია

Nederlandsrepresentatieve democratie

Portuguêsdemocracia representativa

Românădemocrație reprezentativă

Русскийпредстави́тельная демокра́тия

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

representative element representative fraction representative government representative money Representatively Representativeness

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