overrepresentation
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7.2
- noun
- /ˌoʊvərˌrɛprɪˈzɛnteɪʃən/
:
sobrerrepresentación
- One weakness in the study is the overrepresentation of females and seniors in the sample.
- overrepresentation of minority
- overrepresentation of students
- overrepresentation of black
Examples
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Thus, these findings present new ways to think about reducing the overrepresentation of minority children in the child welfare system.
Academic text (2007) -
Concern for overrepresentation but not underrepresentation implies that special education is, on balance, more hurtful than helpful.
Academic text (2013) -
First is the issue of overrepresentation in special education.
Academic text (2006) -
The same report presents evidence that drugs are a significant cause of what it calls the overrepresentation of young blacks.
Academic text (2007) -
The fact of this overrepresentation is consistently documented in the professional literature and in legal case law.
Academic text (2003) -
Politicians detailed the overrepresentation of immigrants in benefit abuse and criminal activities.
Academic text (2007) -
Much of the evidence concerning overrepresentation has been misunderstood.
Academic text (1990) -
Findings like these point to the gross overrepresentation of AAMSM in national HIV statistics.
Academic text (2009) -
A number of reasons have been posited to account for the overrepresentation of Native Hawaiian students in special education.
Academic text (2006) -
Recent studies indicate a troubling overrepresentation of low-income students in underperforming schools.
Synonyms
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5.8
An uneven amount or size between parts of something
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8.1
A situation when one thing is much larger or smaller than another and seems unfair
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6.9
Too much of something so people cannot handle it or it does not work well
Antonyms
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6.7
A situation where a group of people appears in fewer numbers than expected
How Represented
Surface Forms
Morphology
overrepresentation = overrepresent (transparent) = over + represent + ation
Formed by adding the nominalizing suffix '-ation' to the verb 'overrepresent'; the meaning is directly the state or process of excessive representation.
Etymology
The word overrepresentation is made of over- meaning 'too much' and represent meaning 'to show or stand for', as in representative. So it means a group is 'shown' or included in numbers that are higher than is fair.