equality
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- noun
- /ɪˈkwɑːləti/
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igualdad
- Racial equality for all people.
- gender equality
- racial equality
- social equality
It imagined a world of equality and justice and fun.
- It imagined a world of equality and justice and fun.
- A MAGA vote does not promote equality, doesn't promote democracy.
- We now know for sure that equality is good for everyone, rich and poor.
- One of them is literacy and the other is gender equality in low income countries.
- When you are simply in a true relationship of equality, respect and so on.
- The idea of discrimination producing true equality is nonsense.
- I don't believe that men and women should have equality because we are different.
- This goes back to this issue of equality and graciousness.
- So, yeah, it was known that equality is is a group read.
- And what I believe is right is equality and safe products.
Examples
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What's that going to mean for equality of opportunity?
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But no one knew exactly when or where the struggle for equality would begin.
Fiction book (2001) -
We now know for sure that equality is good for everyone, rich and poor.
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We do not have gender equality in this world anywhere.
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"We need a guarantee of equality as much now as we did then."
Academic text (1999) -
Equality has finally come to New York.
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We have learned that women need not only equality; they need the freedom to pursue equality.
Academic text (1990) -
He too fought for race equality and rights here in Britain.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads a march calling for equality for African-Americans.
Academic text (2011) -
Efforts to achieve equality in education are crucial for a fair society.
Synonyms
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5.3
Fair and equal treatment of people, for example at work or school
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Being equal in status, value, or function
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A situation where two things have the same value, meaning, or effect
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Being equal in value, amount, or function
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4.1
A situation where everyone has the same rights and fair treatment
A situation in which people have the same rights and status
A situation where people have the same status and importance
Fair and equal treatment of people when making decisions
Antonyms
Compounds
How Equal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Equality comes from the old Latin word aequalis, the same root as English equal, which means 'level' or 'even'. Think of people standing on the same level, so equality is about having the same status, rights, or chances.