egalitarian
- adjective
- /ˌiːɡəˈlɛtəriən/
- An egalitarian society promotes equal rights for all its citizens.
- more egalitarian
- egalitarian society
- egalitarian principle
But we see that this sort of egalitarian vision gives way to fears.
- But we see that this sort of egalitarian vision gives way to fears.
- Like I'm AI like to think that I'm an egalitarian thinker.
- We have an impulse to have relatively egalitarian groups where we can.
- Maybe, but the internet's pretty egalitarian.
- Aristotle doesn't view sexual relations or gender relations as inherently egalitarian.
- They will all, I think, face very strong egalitarian taxation in one form or another under this government.
- They're all their great parental leave and paid family leave and, you know, universal pre-K and, you know, egalitarian tax system.
- And in circular egalitarian cultures, women can, you know, decide the fate of their own bodies.
- I think we have too many distinctions between people and the egalitarian concept that America was built around, I think really works.
Examples
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We are talking about a non-exclusive, egalitarian brotherhood where community status and more importantly, age, have no bearing whatsoever.
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Here, the pursuit of knowledge is egalitarian and its possession humbling.
Academic text (2013) -
It's very egalitarian and very different.
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Where is the egalitarian society?
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In fact, it is a bit hard to think of the military in egalitarian terms at all.
Academic text (1992) -
But we see that this sort of egalitarian vision gives way to fears.
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I think we have too many distinctions between people and the egalitarian concept that America was built around, I think really works.
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"And I try to be culturally egalitarian and believe all places are equal."
Fiction book (1997) -
That's the importance of egalitarian universal education.
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So you have this sort of community that tends to be more egalitarian, not so much hierarchical.
Synonyms
Treating people equally and honestly
Relating to a system where people vote and have equal rights
Being fair and giving the same treatment to everyone
A society not divided into social classes where people are equal
Treating all people fairly and equally without favoring anyone
Believing in equal rights and chances for all people
Believing that all people should have equal rights and chances
Treating all people the same without unfair preference
Antonyms
How Equal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Egalitarian comes from the French root égal, which means 'equal' and is the same root as the English word equal. When used as an adjective, egalitarian describes ideas or actions that try to make people 'equal', so an egalitarian policy supports equal rights.