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malapportionment

noun

Etymology

From mal- + apportionment.

  1. derived from ad
  2. derived from apportionare
  3. derived from aporcioner
  4. derived from apportionner
  5. suffixed as apportionment — “apportion + ment”
  6. prefixed as malapportionment — “mal + apportionment”

Definitions

  1. Any system where one group has significantly more influence than another, such as when…

    Any system where one group has significantly more influence than another, such as when voting districts are unevenly spread out across a population (compare gerrymandering).

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