disproportionality
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From disproportional + -ity.
Noun
[edit]disproportionality (countable and uncountable, plural disproportionalities)
- (uncountable) The state of being disproportional.
- (countable) The extent to which something is disproportional.
- 1982, Military Chaplains' Review, volumes 132-135:
- A countercity strike would be a direct and intentional attack against noncombatants, representing a violation of noncombatant immunity on a mass scale—this besides the disproportionality of the destruction such a countercity strike would entail.