"overrepresentation" meaning in English

See overrepresentation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: overrepresentations [plural]
Etymology: From over- + representation. Etymology templates: {{af|en|over-|representation}} over- + representation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} overrepresentation (countable and uncountable, plural overrepresentations)
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being overrepresented. Tags: uncountable Translations (the condition of being overrepresented): sobrerepresentació [feminine] (Catalan), oververtegenwoordiging [feminine] (Dutch), yliedustus (Finnish), surreprésentation [feminine] (French), sobrerrepresentación [feminine] (Galician), Überrepräsentation [feminine] (German), υπερεκπροσώπηση (yperekprosópisi) [feminine] (Greek), ró-ionadaíocht [feminine] (Irish), sovrarappresentazione [feminine] (Italian), nadreprezentacja [feminine] (Polish), sobrerrepresentação [feminine] (Portuguese), sobrerrepresentación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-overrepresentation-en-noun-nWOvyMUE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 77 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'the condition of being overrepresented': 100 0
  2. (countable) An excessive representation. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-overrepresentation-en-noun-ojIzXIHK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: overrepresent, overrepresentate, overrepresentative, overrepresented

Inflected forms

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