egalitarian
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egalitarian
- /ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/ UK
- /ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛɹ.i.ən/ US
Where it comes from
From French égalitaire + -ian.
adjective more egalitarian · most egalitarian · égalitarian
- Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people. Ladies of yesteryear toured world capitals in sedate linen dresses, but such priggish frumpery hardly presents Americans as the carefree, egalitarian, and sensuous people the viewers of dubbed Baywatch episodes have come to expect.
Similar: equalitarian
noun egalitarians · égalitarian
- A person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people. The Greeks have been variously represented: as aristocrats or democrats, as unravished brides of quietness or sexual misfits in need of a therapist's couch, as narcissists or altruists, as protoracists or open-minded egalitarians.
Similar: equalitarian
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: equalitarian, democratic, classless, egalitarianism, standardization, inclusive, equality, equalization, equal, equitable, even-handed, fair, nonhierarchical, antielitist, leveling, nondiscriminatory
adjective
Similar: equalitarian
noun
Similar: equalitarian
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adj characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people
| Español | igualitario |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 平等主義的 /平等主义的 píngděngzhǔyì de, 平均主義的 /平均主义的 píngjūnzhǔyì de |
| हिन्दी | समानतावादी samāntāvādī |
| Português | igualitário |
| Français | égalitaire |
| Deutsch | egalitär |
| Italiano | egualitario |
| Română | egalitar |
| Русский | уравни́тельный uravnítelʹnyj, эгалита́рный egalitárnyj |
| עברית | שוויוני shivyoní |
noun person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people
| Português | igualitário |
|---|---|
| Français | égalitaire |
| Deutsch | Egalitarist, Egalitaristin |
| Italiano | egualitario |
| Русский | эгалитарист egalitarist, побо́рник равноправия pobórnik ravnopravija, сторо́нник эгалитаризма storónnik egalitarizma |
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