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Representative

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WordDefinition
emblematic(figurative) Very typical.
typicalnounNormal, average; to be expected.
instancenounA case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
illustrationnounSomething which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
allegoricof, or relating to allegory
symbolicImplicitly representing or referring to another thing.
examplenounSomething that is representative of all such things in a group.
allegoricalOf, relating to, or containing allegory.
interpreternounA person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another, particularly:
emblematicalemblematic.
symbolicalSynonym of symbolic.
spokespersonnounA person who acts as the voice of another person or a group of people.
congresswomannoun(US) A female member of the House of Representatives.
congressmannoun(US) A male member of the House of Representatives.
democraticnounPertaining to democracy; constructed upon or in line with the principle of government chosen by the people.
voicenounSound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.

↔️ Antonyms of "Representative"

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WordDefinition
nonrepresentativenounNot representative.
unsymbolicNot symbolic

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WordDefinition
examplenounSomething that is representative of all such things in a group.
emblematic(figurative) Very typical.
emblematicalemblematic.
allegoricof, or relating to allegory
allegoricalOf, relating to, or containing allegory.
typicalnounNormal, average; to be expected.
symbolicalSynonym of symbolic.
symbolicImplicitly representing or referring to another thing.
interpreternounA person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another, particularly:
spokespersonnounA person who acts as the voice of another person or a group of people.
illustrationnounSomething which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
voicenounSound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
congressmannoun(US) A male member of the House of Representatives.
democraticnounPertaining to democracy; constructed upon or in line with the principle of government chosen by the people.
instancenounA case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
congresswomannoun(US) A female member of the House of Representatives.
representationnounThat which represents something else.
representationalOf or pertaining to representation or to representationalism.
representverb(transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
representingnounAn act of representation.

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