Meanings
nounrepresentative democracy (countable and uncountable, plural representative democracies)
plural representative democracies
- countableuncountablegovernmentA form of government where the people elect representatives who, on their behalf, propose and approve laws and administer the government.
Synonyms: indirect democracy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA form of government where the people elect representatives who, on their behalf, propose and approve laws and administer the government.
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Catalan democràcia representativa
- democràcia representativarepresentative democracy
Chinese Mandarin 代議民主制 /代议民主制
- 代議民主制 /代议民主制 (dàiyì mínzhǔzhì)representative democracy
Dutch representatieve democratie
- representatieve democratierepresentative democracy
Finnish edustuksellinen demokratia
- edustuksellinen demokratiarepresentative democracy
French démocratie représentative
- démocratie représentativerepresentative democracy
German repräsentative Demokratie
- repräsentative Demokratierepresentative democracy
Indonesian demokrasi perwakilan
- demokrasi perwakilanrepresentative democracy
Italian democrazia rappresentativa
- democrazia rappresentativarepresentative democracy
Polish demokracja pośrednia, demokracja przedstawicielska
- demokracja pośredniarepresentative democracy
- demokracja przedstawicielskarepresentative democracy
Portuguese democracia representativa
- democracia representativarepresentative democracy
Romanian democrație reprezentativă
- democrație reprezentativărepresentative democracy
Russian представи́тельная демокра́тия
- представи́тельная демокра́тия (predstavítelʹnaja demokrátija)representative democracy
Spanish democracia representativa
- democracia representativarepresentative democracy
Swedish representativ demokrati
- representativ demokratirepresentative democracy
Turkish temsilî demokrasi
- temsilî demokrasirepresentative democracy
Ukrainian представни́цька демокра́тія
- представни́цька демокра́тія (predstavnýcʹka demokrátija)representative democracy
Vietnamese dân chủ đại diện
- dân chủ đại diệnrepresentative democracy
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