egalitarianism
[ih-gal-i-tair-ee-uh-niz-uh m]
- belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
- active promotion of this belief.
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Origin of egalitarianism
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Related Words
justice, freedom, equality, commonwealth, suffrage, emancipation, republic, equalitarianism, egalitarianismExamples from the Web for egalitarianism
Contemporary Examples
No one knows where it came from—just like the myth of Scottish egalitarianism.
For a mere generation, UK-wide public policy had matched the notion of Scottish egalitarianism, at least moderately.
And how has the Scottish myth of egalitarianism survived two and a half centuries of severe inequality?
But in America, born free of any aristocracy, the arrival of modernism and egalitarianism was a far more gentle affair.
Historically, the Cossack way of living was one of disorder and adaption, of individualism and egalitarianism.
Word Origin and History for egalitarianism
n.
1932, from egalitarian + -ism.
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