REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY

democracy |diˈmäkrəsē|noun ( pl. democracies )a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives: capitalism and democracy are ascendant in the third world.• a state governed in such a way: a multiparty democracy.• control of an organization or group by the majority of its members: the intended extension of industrial democracy.• the practice or principles of social equality: demands for greater democracy.ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French démocratie, via late Latin from Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos ‘the people’ + -kratia ‘power, rule.’

oblivion |əˈblivēən|noun1 the state of being unaware or unconscious of what ishappening: they drank themselves into oblivion.• the state of being forgotten, esp. by the public: his name willfade into oblivion.• extinction: only our armed forces stood between us and oblivion.2 Law, historical amnesty or pardon.ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latinoblivio(n-), from oblivisci ‘forget.’More when I have some time ...