disproportionality

English

Etymology

disproportional +‎ -ity

Noun

disproportionality (countable and uncountable, plural disproportionalities)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being disproportional.
  2. (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.
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