egalitarianism

[ih-gal-i-tair-ee-uh-niz-uh m]

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noun

belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
active promotion of this belief.

Origin of egalitarianism

egalitarian + -ism

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Related Words for egalitarianism

justice, freedom, equality, commonwealth, suffrage, emancipation, republic, equalitarianism, egalitarianism

Examples from the Web for egalitarianism

Contemporary Examples of egalitarianism

No one knows where it came from—just like the myth of Scottish egalitarianism.
Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality
Noah Caldwell
September 18, 2014
For a mere generation, UK-wide public policy had matched the notion of Scottish egalitarianism, at least moderately.
Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality
Noah Caldwell
September 18, 2014
And how has the Scottish myth of egalitarianism survived two and a half centuries of severe inequality?
Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality
Noah Caldwell
September 18, 2014
But in America, born free of any aristocracy, the arrival of modernism and egalitarianism was a far more gentle affair.
Can We Divorce Our Elites?
James Poulos
April 13, 2014
Historically, the Cossack way of living was one of disorder and adaption, of individualism and egalitarianism.
Cossacks: The Cowboys of Crimea
Kamil Tchorek
March 12, 2014

Word Origin and History for egalitarianism

n.

1932, from egalitarian + -ism.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper