English Explanatory Dictionary

malapportionment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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).

Word forms

malapportionment malapportionments

Etymology

From mal- + apportionment.

Related words

reapportionment
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