Equality vs Egalitarianism - What's the difference?
equality | egalitarianism |
(uncountable) The fact of being equal.
(uncountable, mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
(uncountable) The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.
The political doctrine that holds that all people in a society should have equal rights from birth.
* The gap between rich and poor is growing in ways that mock American middle-class egalitarianism .'' — , ''
As nouns the difference between equality and egalitarianism
is that equality is the fact of being equal while egalitarianism is the political doctrine that holds that all people in a society should have equal rights from birth.equality
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* (archaic)Noun
Synonyms
* (fact of being equal ): equivalence parity,Antonyms
* (fact of being equal ): difference, inequality * (equal treatment of people ): discrimination, inequality nonequivilenceegalitarianism
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*Noun
(wikipedia egalitarianism) (-)Why It’s Time to Worry, Newsweek 2010-12-04