equality
English
Alternative forms
- æquality (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French equalité (modern French égalité), from Latin aequālitās, aequālitātem.
Noun
equality (usually uncountable, plural equalities)
- The fact of being equal.
- (mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
- The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.
Synonyms
- (fact of being equal): equivalence parity,
Antonyms
- (fact of being equal): difference, inequality, nonequivilence
- (equal treatment of people): discrimination, inequality
Translations
fact of being equal
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mathematics: fact of having the same value
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equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
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Further reading
- "equality" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 117.
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