代だい表ひょう民みん主しゅ制せい

noun

representative democracy

A political system in which citizens elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf. Used in formal and academic contexts.

• 日本にほんは代だい表ひょう民みん主しゅ制せいを採さい用ようしている。

  Japan adopts a representative democracy.

• 代だい表ひょう民みん主しゅ制せいの下もとでは、国こく民みんは選せん挙きょを通つうじて意い思しを示しめす。

  Under a representative democracy, citizens express their will through elections.