malapportionment

English

Etymology

From mal- +‎ apportionment.

Noun

malapportionment (countable and uncountable, plural malapportionments)

1. (politics) 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).

   Coordinate terms: misdistribution, maldistribution; misallocation; misrepresentation

Related terms

• reapportionment