Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

representative government

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English

Syllables
rep-re-sen-ta-tive -gov-ern-ment
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
8
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

representative governments (plural)

Questions

What does representative government mean?
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.

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