| 释义 |
proˈportionalism
[f. prec. adj. + -ism.]
1. Chem. The system, doctrine, or fact of the combination of elements in definite proportions.
1854Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sc., Chem. 34 The laws of definite chemical proportionalism.
2. The theory or practice of the proportional representation of electors in parliamentary and other elections.
1885Contemp. Rev. Feb. 252 A sneaking kindness for proportionalism. 1954B. & R. North tr. Duverger's Pol. Parties ii. iii. 377 In all three P.R. replaced a modified majority system (second ballot in Switzerland and Norway, some features of proportionalism in Denmark).
So proˈportionalist, (a) one who plans the proportions of anything; a designer; (b) an advocate of proportional representation. Also attrib.
1857Ruskin 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. 1884Q. Rev. July 32 According to the strict proportionalist theory, seventy or eighty [members] would come to its share. 1884Manch. Exam. 19 Dec. 5/4 For two or three nights this week the Proportionalists had it all to themselves. 1898Westm. Gaz. 5 Mar. 7/1 The anomalies, as they seem to proportionalists, in our electoral system. |