代だい議ぎ政せい体たい

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Meanings

noun

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えらぶ制せい度どです。
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.