psephocracy

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Noun

1. [[government|Government]] by [[ballot]]-elected [[representative]]s; [[representative democracy]]. {{non-gloss|Often contrasted with [[democracy]], with which it is unfavourably compared for its lack of [[demotic]] participation in the political [[process]] outside of [[election]]s.}}

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