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English word

representative

B2Frequent NGSL-2
UK /ˌreprɪˈzentətɪv/US /ˌreprɪˈzentətɪv/
adjective

typical of a particular group of people; that is a typical example of something

noun

a person who has been chosen to speak or vote for somebody else or for a group of people, or to take the place of somebody else

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Sentence 106 · Pro
The Danger of a Single Story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TED
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(Laughter) But it would never have occurred to me to think that just because I had read a novel in which a character was a serial killer that he was somehow representative

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I would advocate for more of a direct democracy, not a representative democracy, and laws that are short enough for people to understand.

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