— representatively , adv. — representativeness , n.
/rep'ri zen"teuh tiv/ , n.
1. a person or thing that represents another or others.
2. an agent or deputy: a legal representative.
3. a person who represents a constituency or community in a legislative body, esp. a member of the U.S. House of Representatives or a lower house in certain state legislatures.
4. a typical example or specimen of a group, quality, or kind.
adj.
5. serving to represent; representing.
6. standing or acting for another or others.
7. made up of representatives: a representative assembly.
8. of or pertaining to a system of governance by chosen representatives, usually elected from among a large group: representative government.
9. exemplifying a group or kind; typical: a representative selection of Elizabethan plays.
10. corresponding to or replacing some other species or the like, as in a different locality.
11. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of representationalism.
12. pertaining to or of the nature of a mental image or representation.
[ 1350-1400; ME (adj.) repraesentativus, equiv. to repraesentat ( us ) (see REPRESENTATION) + -ivus -IVE ]
Syn. 5. symbolic, exemplary, typical, characteristic.