proportionality

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /prəˌpɔrʃəˈnæləti/ UK /prəˌpɔːʃəˈnæləti/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the property of corresponding in size, degree, or magnitude

The court stressed the proportionality between the crime and the penalty.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the property of... proportion balance correspondence ratiocommensurabilitysymmetry

Opposites

disproportion imbalancedisproportionality

Word family

Related forms proportion proportional proportionate

Etymology

From proportional + -ity, ultimately from Latin proportio ('comparative relation, analogy'), from pro portione ('according to the part'), from portio ('portion, share').

proportio Latin portio Latin

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# proportionality

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /prəˌpɔrʃəˈnæləti/
**IPA (UK):** /prəˌpɔːʃəˈnæləti/

## Meanings
1. the property of corresponding in size, degree, or magnitude

## Examples
- The court stressed the proportionality between the crime and the penalty.

## Synonyms
- proportion
- balance
- correspondence
- ratio
- commensurability
- symmetry

## Antonyms
- disproportion
- imbalance
- disproportionality

## Related Forms
- proportion
- proportional
- proportionate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: proportio
- Root: portio

## Etymology
From proportional + -ity, ultimately from Latin proportio ('comparative relation, analogy'), from pro portione ('according to the part'), from portio ('portion, share').

## AI Etymology
Proportionality is from proportional + -ity, ultimately from Latin proportio ('comparative relation, analogy'), from pro portione ('according to the part'), from portio ('portion, share'). Important recorded forms include proportio (Latin) and portio (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers the property of corresponding in size, degree, or magnitude. The wider family includes related words such as proportion, proportional, and proportionate.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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