inequality

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   lack of equality

   the growing inequality between rich and poor

2. 2
   noun

   Absence of equality.

   The inequality in living standards led to a civil war as the have-nots rebelled.

Etymology

From Middle English inequalite, from Old French inequalité, from Medieval Latin inaequālitās, from Latin inaequālis (“unequal”), from in- (“not”) + aequālis (“equal”). Morphologically inequal + -ity and in- + equality.