looking for the right preposition: claim authority *for* political representations?












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What is the right preposition? I want to talk about leaders who "claim authority for political representations," i.e. want to be accepted as having the legitimate authority to represent others; but I'm not quite sure about the 'for'.










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  • The preposition isn't great, but I think a bigger problem is that "representations" doesn't mean what you seem to want it to.
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  • Suggest: authority to politically represent
    – jxh
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What is the right preposition? I want to talk about leaders who "claim authority for political representations," i.e. want to be accepted as having the legitimate authority to represent others; but I'm not quite sure about the 'for'.










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  • The preposition isn't great, but I think a bigger problem is that "representations" doesn't mean what you seem to want it to.
    – ruakh
    2 days ago










  • Suggest: authority to politically represent
    – jxh
    yesterday














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What is the right preposition? I want to talk about leaders who "claim authority for political representations," i.e. want to be accepted as having the legitimate authority to represent others; but I'm not quite sure about the 'for'.










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  • The preposition isn't great, but I think a bigger problem is that "representations" doesn't mean what you seem to want it to.
    – ruakh
    2 days ago










  • Suggest: authority to politically represent
    – jxh
    yesterday


















  • The preposition isn't great, but I think a bigger problem is that "representations" doesn't mean what you seem to want it to.
    – ruakh
    2 days ago










  • Suggest: authority to politically represent
    – jxh
    yesterday
















The preposition isn't great, but I think a bigger problem is that "representations" doesn't mean what you seem to want it to.
– ruakh
2 days ago




The preposition isn't great, but I think a bigger problem is that "representations" doesn't mean what you seem to want it to.
– ruakh
2 days ago












Suggest: authority to politically represent
– jxh
yesterday




Suggest: authority to politically represent
– jxh
yesterday















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