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单词 proportionalist
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proportionalistn.adj.

Brit. /prəˈpɔːʃn̩əlɪst/, /prəˈpɔːʃn̩l̩ɪst/, /prəˈpɔːʃənl̩ɪst/, /prəˈpɔːʃ(ə)nəlɪst/, U.S. /prəˈpɔrʃən(ə)ləst/, /pərˈpɔrʃən(ə)ləst/, /prəˈpɔrʃnələst/, /pərˈpɔrʃnələst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: proportional adj., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < proportional adj. + -ist suffix. In senses A. 2 and B. after proportional representation n. at proportional n. and adj. Compounds. Compare slightly earlier proportionalism n.
A. n.
1. A person who plans the proportions of something; a designer. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > drawer or designer
drawer1570
designer1598
draftsman1664
morphographer1697
draughtsmanc1720
composer1723
sketcher1809
draughtswoman1845
fancier1856
proportionalist1857
draftman1889
graphic designer1971
draughtsperson1976
1857 J. Ruskin Two Paths iv. 147 Will your architectural proportions do as much?.. You are of use, certainly; but, pardon me, only as builders—not as proportionalists.
2. Politics. An advocate of proportional representation.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > system of representation > advocate of
proportionalist1884
1884 Times 4 June 10/6 The proportionalists say that the majority are often too powerfully, and the minority too weakly, represented.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 5 Mar. 7/1 The anomalies, as they seem to proportionalists, in our electoral system.
1949 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 15 335 Another fallacy should be mentioned, for it is one often subscribed to by proportionalists.
1984 Representations 5 121 Mill recommends Thomas Hare's elaborate scheme for the representation of minorities... Hare was a proportionalist.
B. adj. (chiefly attributive).
Of, relating to, or favouring proportionalism (in various senses).
ΚΠ
1884 Q. Rev. July 32 According to the strict proportionalist theory, seventy or eighty [members] would come to its share.
1959 B. North & R. North tr. M. Duverger Polit. Parties (ed. 2) ii. ii. 305 The stabilizing tendency of Proportional Representation is not general: some proportionalist countries cannot be classed under the heading ‘stable distribution’.
2002 N. Rescher Fairness viii. 119 It is..instructive to consider a sociological analogue to proportionalist fair division: the problem of conflicting obligations that make claims upon a person.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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