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PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does proportional representation mean?
• PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION (noun)
The noun PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION has 1 sense:
1. representation of all parties in proportion to their popular vote
Familiarity information: PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Representation of all parties in proportion to their popular vote
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("proportional representation" is a kind of...):
representation (the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf)
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