Equality

  • 21equality — noun (U) a position or situation in which people have the same rights, advantages etc: Women have yet to achieve full equality with men in the work place. | racial/sexual equality (=equality between all races or between men and women) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22equality — In social philosophy, a central but controversial ideal. In Aristotle equality of treatment is contingent upon the subjects of the treatment being equal ‘in the relevant respects’. The question of which respects are relevant gives a spectrum… …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 23equality — [[t]ɪkwɒ̱lɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT Equality is the same status, rights, and responsibilities for all the members of a society, group, or family. ...equality of the sexes …

    English dictionary

  • 24equality — noun 1) we promote equality for women Syn: fairness, equal rights, equal opportunities, equity, egalitarianism; impartiality, evenhandedness; justice 2) equality between supply and demand Syn: parity, similarity, co …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 25equality — The condition of possessing substantially the same rights, privileges, and immunities, and being liable to substantially the same duties. Equality guaranteed under equal protection clause is equality under the same conditions and among persons… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 26equality — The condition of possessing substantially the same rights, privileges, and immunities, and being liable to substantially the same duties. Equality guaranteed under equal protection clause is equality under the same conditions and among persons… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 27equality — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Identity in magnitude, etc. Nouns 1. equality, parity, coextension; symmetry, balance, evenness, level, equivalence; balance of power, standoff; equipoise, equilibrium; par, quits; identity, similarity;… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 28EQUALITY —    the idea that humans are created equal is popular but fraught with difficulties and needs to be interpreted in terms of equality of opportunity rather than a crude determination to make everyone equal despite natural talents and abilities …

    Concise dictionary of Religion

  • 29equality — n. 1. Likeness, identity in quantity, identical value. 2. Uniformity, evenness. 3. Sameness of rank, co equality …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 30equality — lygybė statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. equality vok. Gleichheit, f rus. равенство, n pranc. égalité, f …

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