nonrepresentation

Examples

• All

• Urge the regime to take preemptive action on the issue of national unity and to remove the scandal of the nonrepresentation of Copts in national institutions.

  Academic text (1999)

• The nonrepresentation of minority groups in the committee raises concerns about fairness.

• Activists are working tirelessly to address the nonrepresentation of women in leadership roles.

Synonyms

L

lack of diversity

vsnonrepresentation

6 3.7

Not having many different kinds of people or views in a group

is absence of membership or voice for a specific group rather than variety

U

underrepresentation

vsnonrepresentation

1 6.7

A situation where a group of people appears in fewer numbers than expected

is total absence rather than a smaller or partial presence

V

voicelessness

vsnonrepresentation

1 8.5

A situation where people cannot take part in decisions that affect them

is absence of formal inclusion in groups and decision processes

U

unrepresentativeness

vsnonrepresentation

1 9.5

Something that does not show the true views or makeup of a group

is lack of membership in decision bodies rather than inaccurate reflection

Antonyms

R

representation

• Formal

112 4.1

The right to speak or act for a group

How Represented

proportional representation

• Specialized

5 5.3

representation

• Formal

112 4.1

underrepresentation

1 6.7

nonrepresentation

1 8.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology