representative democracy

English

Noun

representative democracy (countable and uncountable, plural representative democracies)

1. (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