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representative adjective [ rɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv ]

• typical of a class, group, or body of opinion.
• "Churchill was not properly representative of influential opinion in Britain"
Similar: typical, prototypical, characteristic, illustrative, indicative, archetypal, paradigmatic, exemplary,
Opposite: atypical, unrepresentative,
• (of a legislative assembly or deliberative body) consisting of people chosen to act and speak on behalf of a wider group.
• "there was no representative body to fight for cricketers until 1968"
• serving as a portrayal or symbol of something.
• "the show would be more representative of how women really are"
Similar: symbolic, emblematic, evocative,
• relating to mental representation.

representative noun

• a person chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others.
• "the Duke of Gloucester would attend the coronation as the representative of his father, King George V"
Similar: spokesperson, spokesman, spokeswoman, agent, officer, official, mouthpiece, frontman, public relations officer, PRO, deputy, substitute, stand-in, proxy, surrogate,
• an example of a class or group.
• "fossil representatives of lampreys and hagfishes"
Similar: example, specimen, exemplar, exemplification, type, archetype, illustration,


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