equality

B1 Topic:Social Issues & Human Rights

US /ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ti/ UK /ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/ See IPA manual

noun Freq #11047

Meanings

1

noun
The state of everyone being treated the same and having the same rights.

The movement fought for racial and gender equality.
2

noun
The state of being equal in amount, value, or status.

The treaty aimed at equality between the two nations.

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Synonyms

2 noun · the state of being equal in... parity equivalence

More egalityequation evenness par sameness

Opposites

difference discrimination hierarchy inequalitynonequivalence

Word family

Forms equalities

Derived forms antiequalitycoequalitydisequalityequalitariannonequalityunequality

Related forms balance equilibrium equity fairness stability symmetry

Etymology

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

aequalitas Latin

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# equality

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ti
**IPA (UK):** ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti
**Frequency rank:** 11047

## Meanings
1. The state of everyone being treated the same and having the same rights.
2. The state of being equal in amount, value, or status.

## Examples
- The movement fought for racial and gender equality.
- The treaty aimed at equality between the two nations.

## Synonyms
- egality
- equation
- evenness
- par
- sameness

## Antonyms
- difference
- discrimination
- hierarchy
- inequality
- nonequivalence

## Derived Forms
- antiequality
- coequality
- disequality
- equalitarian
- nonequality
- unequality

## Related Forms
- balance
- equilibrium
- equity
- fairness
- stability
- symmetry

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: aequalitas
- Affix: -ity - state

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

## AI Etymology
Equality is borrowed from Middle French equalité (modern French égalité), from Latin aequālitās, aequālitātem. Doublet of equity. By surface analysis, equal + -ity. In current use, the main senses are “The state of everyone being treated the same and having the same rights” and “The state of being equal in amount, value, or status”.

## Topics
- Social Issues & Human Rights

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