I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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Disproportion
//dɪspɹəˈpɔːʃən//
Synonyms for "disproportion" (104 found)
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incompatibilityincongruityinconsistencyinconsonanceindiscriminatenessinequalityinequityinharmonious harmonyinjusticeinsufficiencyirreconcilabilityirregularityknotlopsidednessmarmost admired disordermutilatenonconformabilitynonconformitynonsymmetry
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nonuniformityoddsoverbalanceoxymoronparadoxperturbationpromiscuitypromiscuousnessquirkrandomnessscrewself-contradictionshortcomingtorsiontortuositytruncateturbulenceturntwistunbalanceunconformabilityunconformityunevennessunfair discriminationunorthodoxyunsymmetryununiformityupsetwarpwrenchwrestwring
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5 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- несъразмерност noun (the state of being out of proportion)
Catalan
1 entries- desproporció noun (the state of being out of proportion)
Esperanto
1 entries- misproporcio noun (the state of being out of proportion)
Polish
1 entries- dysproporcja noun (the state of being out of proportion)
Spanish
1 entries- desproporción noun (the state of being out of proportion)
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[…] a handsome creature, remarkably so, with features so symmetrical […] that a micrometer gauge could scarcely find a disproportion in her smooth and broad mahogany-coloured face.
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Then we, the social outsiders, turn around and dictate how men shall treat women (seldom, if ever, how women shall treat men; power in men's rather than women's hands being the excuse offered for this lop-sided arrangement), and how whites shall treat blacks (the same disproportion exists here too).
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the disproportion of the length of a building to its height
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