equality and fairness
- noun
:
igualdad y equidad
- This evidence corresponds with the belief that Chinese people are very group-oriented and less concerned about equality and fairness.
For decades of talk about equality and fairness and equity, fathers still don't have equal rights.
- For decades of talk about equality and fairness and equity, fathers still don't have equal rights.
Examples
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It's important for society to promote equality and fairness among all its members.
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There was a firm belief in tribalhood, equality, and fairness, but in truth, we were such a burden to each other, an encumbrance. We went to extraordinary measures to impede understanding, humanity, and the overwhelming future.
Academic text (1995) -
One of the first things the cave taught me was a sense of equality and fairness.
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For decades of talk about equality and fairness and equity, fathers still don't have equal rights.
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Although the claim of sexual equality and "fairness" had proven quite effective in opening the graduate schools to women, these liberal notions did not win faculty positions for them.
Academic text (1995) -
We have faced many cultural changes, and some aspects of our ancient culture, like polygamy and slavery, are in fact illegal in the modern system, while others, like a class-hierarchical society, are not practical or helpful in today's world when we are trying to build a system based on equality and fairness.
Academic text (2004) -
Even Wyatt, the case on which Justice Breyer relied in Richardson, acknowledged that "principles of equality and fairness" suggested a result at variance with its own.
Academic text (1997) -
All American citizens deserve equality and fairness before the law.
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The organization's mission is to advocate for equality and fairness in the workplace.
Synonyms
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2.5
Fair treatment of people and the courts that decide it
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2.2
People have the same rights, position, and opportunities
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1.9
Treating people equally and without bias
87
3.4
Fair sharing of money, rights, and chances in a society
46
5.3
Fair and equal treatment of people, for example at work or school
21
3.5
A situation where everyone has the same fair chance to succeed
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5.3
Treating all people or sides fairly without favoring one
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4.2
Treating all people fairly and equally without bias
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5.8
Treating all people or sides fairly and equally
1
5.7
A state of being fair and morally right
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4.1
A situation where everyone has the same rights and fair treatment
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9.9
Equal rights and chances for all people in society and politics
Fair and equal treatment of people when making decisions
Being fair and not taking sides
A situation in which people have the same rights and status
Antonyms
How Fair
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase simply links two literal nouns with the conjunction 'and', so its meaning is directly the combination of 'equality' (equal rights/opportunities) and 'fairness' (impartial treatment). A B1 learner who knows both constituent words and the function of 'and' will readily understand the phrase; this compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and non-idiomatic.
Etymology
Equality and fairness can be remembered with a simple picture: imagine two children trying to reach an apple on a tree—giving both the same box is equality, but giving a taller box to the shorter child so both can reach is fairness. That's why equality and fairness together mean both 'treating people the same' and 'giving people what they need'.