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equalitarianism

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Egalitarianism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • 1962, "She Was Eleanor" (obituary of Eleanor Roosevelt), Time, 16 Nov., All of her strivings and all of her little lectures and admonitions would add up to a U.S. in which all were equal. . . . She was until the day of her death the most effective advocate of welfare-state equalitarianism.

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: egalitarianism

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English equalitarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English equalitarianism From equalitarian + -ism.