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Representation vs Establishment - What's the difference?

representation | establishment |

As nouns the difference between representation and establishment

is that representation is representation while establishment is the act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

representation

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • That which represents another.
  • (legal) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.
  • (politics) The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.
  • (mathematics) An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector spaces.
  • A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
  • A theatrical performance.
  • Quotations

    * 1637 , , final sentence *: Live, ?weet Lord, to be the honour of your name, and receive this as your own, from the hands of him, who hath by many favours beene long obliged to your mo?t honoured parents, and as in this repræ?entation your attendant Thyr?is , ?o now in all reall expre??ion
    Your faithfull and mo?t humble Servant,
    H. Lawes.d

    establishment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
  • The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.
  • That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.
  • (slang) The establishment : the ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo. Sometimes capitalized: the Establishment.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
  • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}

    Derived terms

    * anti-establishment * eating establishment

    Synonyms

    * (act of establishing) foundation

    Antonyms

    * (act of establishing) abolition