representative democracy

English

Noun

representative democracy (countable and uncountable, plural representative democracies)

(politics) 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.
Synonym: indirect democracy

Coordinate term: direct democracy

Translations

representative democracy

Catalan: democràcia representativa f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 代議民主制／代议民主制 (dàiyì mínzhǔzhì)
Dutch: representatieve democratie f
Finnish: edustuksellinen demokratia
French: démocratie représentative (fr) f
Georgian: წარმომადგენლობითი დემოკრატია (c̣armomadgenlobiti demoḳraṭia)
German: repräsentative Demokratie f
Italian: democrazia rappresentativa f
Occitan: democracia representativa f
Polish: demokracja pośrednia f
Portuguese: democracia representativa f
Romanian: democrație reprezentativă f
Russian: представи́тельная демокра́тия f (predstavítelʹnaja demokrátija)
Spanish: democracia representativa f
Swedish: representativ demokrati (sv) c
Turkish: temsilî demokrasi
Ukrainian: представни́цька демокра́тія f (predstavnýcʹka demokrátija)
Vietnamese: dân chủ đại diện

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