noun ·8 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The political doctrine that holds that all people in a society should have equal rights from birth. countable, uncountable

   "The gap between rich and poor is growing in ways that mock American middle-class egalitarianism."

2. 2
   the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

equalitarianismcomplementarianismequalismequalitarianismequality

Example

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"The gap between rich and poor is growing in ways that mock American middle-class egalitarianism."

Etymology

From egalitarian + -ism.

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