Representation

Representation can refer to:

Law

Representation (politics), one's ability to influence the political process
- Representative democracy
- (Permanent) Representation, a type of diplomatic mission
- Representation of the International NGO – the representative office of the INGO mission
Legal representation or advocacy is provided by lawyers
Lobbying for a group of individuals or companies
In unionised workplaces, shop stewards and union executives can represent employees
The legal status of a statement made with regards to contract law, with consequences for misrepresentation
A fiction of the law which causes a person to enter into another's right of succession, called 'representation,' and also called 'substitution'.

Representation (arts), the depiction and ethical concerns of construction in visual arts and literature.
Depiction is a form of non-verbal representation in which two-dimensional images (pictures) are regarded as viable substitutes for things seen, remembered or imagined.

Social representation is a stock of values, ideas, beliefs, and practices that are shared among the members of groups and communities
Representation, academic journal

Representation (chemistry)
Representation (psychology), a hypothetical 'internal' cognitive symbol that represents external reality
Representation (systemics)

Group representation, describes abstract groups in terms of linear transformations of vector spaces
Knowledge representation, the study of formal ways to describe knowledge
Multiple representations (mathematics education)
Representation (mathematics), a very general relationship that expresses similarities between objects