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representative government

representative government noun: 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.

Noun

representative government (countable and uncountable, plural representative governments)

  1. 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.

Forms of representative government

pluralrepresentative governments

Questions about representative government

What does representative government mean?
Representative government means 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.
What part of speech is representative government?
Representative government is a noun.
What is the plural of representative government?
The plural of representative government is representative governments.

Words near representative government in the dictionary

  1. representative democracy
  2. representative element
  3. representative elements
  4. representative fraction
  5. representative fractions
  6. representative government
  7. representative governments
  8. representative money
  9. representative realism
  10. representatively
  11. representativeness

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