equality

The fact of being equal.

Noun

  1. The fact of being equal.
    • The most powerful of these general ideas which have shaped political development in recent times is of course the ideal of material equality. - 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of...
  2. The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
  3. The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.
    • I think somebody asked me the other day when I was holding a conference over here at the library if a woman could be President of the United States. Well I said they've taken over everything else in the world, why not...
    • Jefferson was talking about the equality of natural human rights. You have freedom, and I have freedom. You and I have equal rights to freedom. - 2020 December 12, Ouyang Fei, “The Issue of Equality in the U.S. Election...
    • Why are women waiting for men — who are the majority of our politicians, justices and judges — to benevolently bestow equality unto us? Here you go, little ladies, welcome to our club, classroom, workplace and...

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French equalité (modern French égalité), from Latin aequālitās, aequālitātem. Doublet of equity. By surface analysis, equal + -ity

Forms

equalities æquality

Synonyms

equivalence parity egality equality equation evenness par sameness

Antonyms

difference inequality nonequivalence discrimination pecking order hierarchy

Hyponyms

equipollence

Related

equity fairness balance equilibrium stability symmetry

Derived

antiequality coequality comparative of equality disequality equalitarian equality money equality of arms equality sign marriage equality nonequality unequality