egalitarianism

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Noun

egalitarianism

1. 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. — Evan Thomas, Why It’s Time to Worry ↗, Newsweek 2010-12-04

Synonyms

• equalitarianism

Related terms

• equalism

Translations

• French: égalitarisme
• German: Egalitarismus
• Italian: egualitarismo
• Portuguese: igualitarismo
• Russian: эгалитари́зм
• Spanish: igualitarismo

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