- 1(technology) (especially of a style of art or painting) trying to show things as they really are It is on pottery that representational art first appeared again in ancient Greece. compare abstract
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
- 2involving the act of representing someone or something local representational democracy
representational
adjectiveNAmE//ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃənl//, NAmE//ˌrɛprɪzənˈteɪʃənl//
Check pronunciation: representational