reapportionment

[ ree-uh-pawr-shuhn-muhnt, -pohr- ]

noun
  1. the act of redistributing or changing the apportionment of something.

  2. the redistribution of representation in a legislative body.

Origin of reapportionment

1
First recorded in 1930–35; reapportion + -ment

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