overrepresenting
Showing disproportionate share
Overrepresenting means presenting something as more prevalent, significant, or numerous than it actually is.
Data can overrepresent certain groups if sampling is skewed: The survey overrepresented urban voters.
Media coverage may overrepresent dramatic events relative to their actual frequency.
The term often appears in discussions of statistics, demographics, and fair representation.
Asymmetrically shifted
- distortionTwisting from original state
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- unfairnessUnjust or biased treatment
- inequityUnfair distribution or treatment
favoritism · imbalance · disproportion · prejudice · discrimination · stereotype · slant · weighting
Dominating by comparison
- crowding outWhen one thing excludes another
- drowning outObscuring by being louder
- eclipsingObscuring by surpassing
- monopolizingTaking exclusive control
disproportionate · outsized · overwhelming · outweighing · privileging · centering · amplifying · magnifying
Overstating beyond reality
- inflationSustained price level increase
- falsificationDeliberate alteration of truth
- misreportingConveying facts inaccurately
- skewingCausing asymmetrical distortion
misstatement · overstatement · embellishment · amplification · magnification · hyperbole · stretching · padding
skewed
Asymmetrically shifted
- distortionTwisting from original state
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- unfairnessUnjust or biased treatment
inequity · favoritism · imbalance · disproportion · prejudice · discrimination · stereotype · slant · weighting · sampling error
overshadowing
Dominating by comparison
- crowding outWhen one thing excludes another
- drowning outObscuring by being louder
- eclipsingObscuring by surpassing
monopolizing · disproportionate · outsized · overwhelming · outweighing · privileging · centering · amplifying · magnifying · spotlight
exaggeration
Overstating beyond reality
- inflationSustained price level increase
- falsificationDeliberate alteration of truth
- misreportingConveying facts inaccurately
skewing · misstatement · overstatement · embellishment · amplification · magnification · hyperbole · stretching · padding · overcounting
overrepresentingunderrepresenting
Portraying with inadequate proportion
underreporting · undercounting · underplaying · underestimating · understating
overrepresentingde-emphasizing
Reducing perceived importance
glossing over · burying · underemphasizing · underplaying · downplaying
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