- 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
- 2involving the act of representing someone or something local representational democracy
representational
adjectiveNAmE//ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃənl//, NAmE//ˌrɛprɪzənˈteɪʃənl//
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