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group representation

American  

noun

Government.

  1. representation in a governing body on the basis of interests rather than by geographical location.

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One group not subject to the ruling, he observed, is unionized employees, whose collective-bargaining rights entitle them to group representation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2018

Bolivia's 36 native tongues are now all official languages, along with Spanish, and Parliament will include ethnic group representation.

From Time Magazine Archive

The election law of the local government bodies made similar provision for group representation.

From The Russian Revolution; the Jugo-Slav Movement by Kerner, Robert Joseph

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