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equality

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/
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  • US: ĭʹkwŏ-lĭ-tē
  • US: /ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ti/
  • US: [ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ɾi]
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The fact of being equal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The fact of being equal, of having the same value.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: inequality

Broader terms: sameness

Narrower terms: equatability, equivalence, evenness, isometry, balance

5

noun

Meaning 5

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • on a par with the best

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: equivalence, equation, par

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: status, position

Narrower terms: egality, egalite, tie

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French equalité (modern French égalité), from Latin aequālitās, aequālitātem. Doublet of equity. By surface analysis, equal + -ity

Across languages

Translations

180 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: njëjësi — fact of being equal
  • Amharic: እኩልነት (ʾəkulnät) — fact of being equal
  • Arabic: مُسَاوَاة (musāwāh) — fact of being equal
  • Arabic: مساواة (mʊsawat, mʊsawa) — fact of being equal
  • Armenian: հավասարություն (havasarutʻyun) — fact of being equal
  • Azerbaijani: bərabərlik — fact of being equal
  • Belarusian: ро́ўнасць (równascʹ) — fact of being equal
  • Bulgarian: ра́венство (rávenstvo) — fact of being equal
  • Bulgarian: еднаквост (ednakvost) — fact of being equal
  • Catalan: igualtat — fact of being equal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平等 (píngděng) — fact of being equal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 均等 (jūnděng) — fact of being equal
  • Czech: rovnocennost — fact of being equal
  • Czech: rovnost — fact of being equal
  • Danish: lighed — fact of being equal
  • Dutch: gelijkheid — fact of being equal
  • Esperanto: egaleco — fact of being equal
  • Finnish: yhdenvertaisuus — fact of being equal
  • Finnish: samanvertaisuus — fact of being equal
  • French: égalité — fact of being equal
  • Galician: igualdade — fact of being equal
  • Georgian: თანასწორობა (tanasc̣oroba) — fact of being equal
  • German: Gleichheit — fact of being equal
  • Gothic: 𐌹𐌱𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃 (ibnassus) — fact of being equal
  • Greek: ισότητα (isótita) — fact of being equal
  • Ancient Greek: ἰσότης (isótēs) — fact of being equal
  • Hebrew: שוויון (shivyón) — fact of being equal
  • Hindi: समानता (samāntā) — fact of being equal
  • Hungarian: egyenlőség — fact of being equal
  • Ido: egaleso — fact of being equal
  • Ilocano: arked — fact of being equal
  • Indonesian: kesamaan — fact of being equal
  • Irish: comhionannas — fact of being equal
  • Irish: ionannas — fact of being equal
  • Italian: parità — fact of being equal
  • Italian: uguaglianza — fact of being equal
  • Italian: eguaglianza — fact of being equal
  • Japanese: 平等 (byōdō) — fact of being equal
  • Japanese: 均等 (kintō) — fact of being equal
  • Korean: 평등 (pyeongdeung) — fact of being equal
  • Korean: 균등 (gyundeung) — fact of being equal
  • Northern Kurdish: wekhevî — fact of being equal
  • Northern Kurdish: yeksanî — fact of being equal
  • Latin: aequitās — fact of being equal
  • Latin: aequalitas — fact of being equal
  • Latvian: vienlīdzība — fact of being equal
  • Lithuanian: lygybė — fact of being equal
  • Macedonian: еднаквост (ednakvost) — fact of being equal
  • Malayalam: തുല്യത (tulyata) — fact of being equal
  • Māori: ōritetanga — fact of being equal
  • Neapolitan: eguaglianza — fact of being equal
  • Norman: êgalité — fact of being equal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: likhet — fact of being equal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: likskap — fact of being equal
  • Occitan: egalitat — fact of being equal
  • Old English: efnlīcnes — fact of being equal
  • Persian: برابری (barâbari) — fact of being equal
  • Plautdietsch: Äwareenheit — fact of being equal
  • Polish: równość — fact of being equal
  • Portuguese: igualdade — fact of being equal
  • Romanian: egalitate — fact of being equal
  • Russian: ра́венство (rávenstvo) — fact of being equal
  • Serbo-Croatian: једнакост — fact of being equal
  • Serbo-Croatian: jednakost — fact of being equal
  • Slovak: rovnosť — fact of being equal
  • Slovene: enakost — fact of being equal
  • Spanish: igualdad — fact of being equal
  • Tajik: баробарӣ (barobari) — fact of being equal
  • Turkish: eşitlik — fact of being equal
  • Ottoman Turkish: استوا (istiva) — fact of being equal
  • Ukrainian: рі́вність (rívnistʹ) — fact of being equal
  • Urdu: مساوات (musāvāt) — fact of being equal
  • Urdu: برابری (barābarī) — fact of being equal
  • Urdu: یکسانیت (yaksāniyat) — fact of being equal
  • Uzbek: tenglik — fact of being equal
  • Uzbek: baravarlik — fact of being equal
  • Welsh: cydraddoldeb — fact of being equal
  • Arabic: تَسَاوٍ (tasāwin) — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Armenian: հավասարություն (havasarutʻyun) — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Azerbaijani: bərabərlik — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Bulgarian: ра́венство (rávenstvo) — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Dutch: gelijkheid — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Finnish: yhtäsuuruus — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • French: égalité — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Galician: igualdade — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • German: Gleichheit — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Greek: ισότητα (isótita) — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Ancient Greek: ἰσότης (isótēs) — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Hungarian: egyenlőség — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Indonesian: kesamaan — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Macedonian: равенство (ravenstvo) — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Old English: ġelīcnes — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Old English: efnlīcnes — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Portuguese: igualdade — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Russian: ра́венство (rávenstvo) — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Spanish: paridad — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Spanish: igualdad — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Swahili: usawa — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Swedish: likhet — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Thai: ภาวะเท่ากัน — mathematics: fact of having the same value
  • Albanian: barazi — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Amharic: እኩልነት (ʾəkulnät) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Arabic: مُسَاوَاة (musāwāh) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Armenian: հավասարություն (havasarutʻyun) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Azerbaijani: bərabərlik — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Belarusian: ро́ўнасць (równascʹ) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Belarusian: раўнапра́ўе (rawnapráwje) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Belarusian: раўнапра́ўнасць (rawnapráwnascʹ) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Bulgarian: равнопра́вие (ravnoprávie) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Catalan: igualtat — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平等 (píngděng) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Ngazidja Comorian: usawa — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Czech: rovnost — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Danish: ligebehandling — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Danish: ligestilling — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Dutch: gelijkberechtiging — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Estonian: võrdsus — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Estonian: samaväärsus — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Finnish: tasa-arvo — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Finnish: tasa-arvoisuus — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • French: égalité — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Galician: igualdade — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Georgian: თანასწორობა (tanasc̣oroba) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • German: Gleichberechtigung — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Hindi: समानता (samāntā) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Hungarian: egyenlőség — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Icelandic: jafnrétti — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Irish: comhionannas — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Italian: egualità — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Italian: ugualità — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Italian: uguaglianza — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Italian: eguaglianza — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Japanese: 平等 (byōdō) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Kazakh: теңдік (teñdık) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Korean: 평등 (pyeongdeung) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Kyrgyz: теңдик (teŋdik) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Latvian: vienlīdzība — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Lithuanian: lygybė — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Macedonian: рамнопра́вност (ramnoprávnost) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Malay: kesetaraan — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Malay: kesamaan — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Malayalam: സമത്വം (samatvaṁ) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Māori: mana taurite — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Norwegian Bokmål: likestilling — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: likestilling — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Old English: ġelīcnes — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Old English: efenlīcnes — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Persian: برابری (barâbari) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Polish: równość — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Polish: adekwacja — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Portuguese: equidade — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Portuguese: igualdade — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Romanian: egalitate — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Russian: равнопра́вие (ravnoprávije) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Russian: ра́венство (rávenstvo) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Serbo-Croatian: равноправност — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Serbo-Croatian: једнакост — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Serbo-Croatian: ravnopravnost — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Serbo-Croatian: jednakost — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Slovak: rovnosť — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Slovene: enakopravnost — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Slovene: enakost — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Spanish: igualdad — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Spanish: paridad — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Swahili: usawa — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Swedish: likabehandling — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Swedish: jämlikhet — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Swedish: jämställdhet — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Tajik: баробарӣ (barobari) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Thai: ความเสมอภาค — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Thai: ความเท่าเทียม (kwaam-tâo-tiiam) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Thai: สมภาพ — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Turkish: eşitlik — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Turkmen: deňlik — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Ukrainian: рі́вність (rívnistʹ) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Ukrainian: рівнопра́вність (rivnoprávnistʹ) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Ukrainian: рівнопра́в'я (rivnoprávʺja) — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Uzbek: tenglik — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Vietnamese: sự bình đẳng — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
  • Welsh: cydraddoldeb — equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
Real reading context

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