Equating
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act by which things are equated; the evaluation of things as equivalent.
"But, overall, Donne's poetry represents an epistemic break with the love clichés so overused by an earlier era; and the poet was often moved to use Platonic equatings of love, beauty, and goodness to breathe new life into old Petrarchisms."
- 2 the act of regarding as equal wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of equate form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Stalin killed people like Bernie Sanders; equating the two is ignorant at best, cynical at worst."