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代議政体 (だいぎせいたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

代だい議ぎ政せい体たい

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Meanings

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representative government

A political system in which citizens elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf; a formal term used in political science and history.

代だい議ぎ政せい体たいは、国こく民みんが選せん挙きょで代だい表ひょう者しゃを選

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Representative government is a system in which the people elect representatives through elections.

Kanji

代substitute, change, convert
議deliberation, consultation, debate
政politics, government
体body, substance, object

Related words

議ぎ会かい制せい民みん主しゅ主しゅ義ぎ
議会制民主主義 (parliamentary democracy) is a broader concept that includes representative government as its core mechanism, but emphasizes the role of parliament and democratic principles.
代だい議ぎ制せい
代議制 (representative system) is a more general term for any system of representation, while 代議政体 specifically refers to the form of government based on that principle.

Built from

代だい議ぎ+政せい体たい

Etymology

Compound of 代議 (representation, deliberation on behalf of others) and 政体 (form of government, polity). The term was coined in the Meiji era as a translation of Western political concepts.