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egalitarian

[ ih-gal-i-tair-ee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, economic, or social life.


noun

  1. a person who adheres to egalitarian beliefs.

egalitarian

/ ɪˌɡælɪˈtɛərɪən /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or upholding the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political, social, and economic equality


noun

  1. an adherent of egalitarian principles

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Derived Forms

  • eˌgaliˈtarianˌism, noun

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Other Words From

  • e·gali·tari·an·ism noun
  • anti·e·gali·tari·an adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of egalitarian1

First recorded in 1880–85; alteration of equalitarian with French égal replacing equal

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Word History and Origins

Origin of egalitarian1

C19: alteration of equalitarian, through influence of French égal equal

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Example Sentences

In short, it was intended to be a place to create a more egalitarian society.

Americans pride themselves on an egalitarian society open to all.

This egalitarian impulse was in part driven by people returning from WW II and Korea, many of whom benefited from the GI Bill.

Capitalist, however corrupt; bureaucratic, however inefficient; egalitarian, however much we struggle for status and recognition.

The politics of class war are safely neutered by storylines that feature an egalitarian, uniting notion of decency.

Every one who is a convinced and sincere egalitarian, and who takes the trouble to think, is forced to be a collectivist.

There was a declared intention of an egalitarian redistribution of wealth and assets.

Indeed, there was something in the very crudity of his social compliment that smacked, strangely enough, of that egalitarian soil.

Most work beyond the primary work of agriculture was guarded by the egalitarian vigilance of the Guilds.

Serbs, Bosnians and Croats divided the loot with the loftiest of egalitarian instincts.

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