equal opportunity

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noun

the aggregation of policies and practices in employment and other areas that do not discriminate against persons on the basis of race, color, age, sex, national origin, religion, or mental or physical disability.

Related formse·qual-op·por·tu·ni·ty, adjective

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Related Words for equal opportunity

parity, impartiality, identity, fairness, tolerance, coordination, correspondence, par, likeness, evenness, uniformity, equivalence, parallelism, equilibrium, equipoise, sameness, homology, equity, justice, proportion

Examples from the Web for equal opportunity

Contemporary Examples of equal opportunity

I prefer my wilderness areas to house a few man-eaters (technically, equal-opportunity predators).
American Wilderness Faces the Firing Squad
Doug Peacock
July 6, 2014
I was an equal-opportunity consumer, and if you had it, I did it.
Jared Leto on His Brilliant Performance as a Transsexual in ‘Dallas Buyers Club’
Marlow Stern
September 10, 2013
A harder-than-hard-core conservative and professional provocateur, Peterson is an equal-opportunity offender.
The Shady Group Behind the African-American Anti-Immigration Rally
Michelle Cottle
July 12, 2013
Let it be known that Anderson Cooper is an equal-opportunity ridiculer—even when it comes to his fellow CNN employees.
Anderson Cooper Slams Star Jones, Karl Lagerfeld & More (Video)
Mike Munoz, Melissa Leon
October 5, 2012
We can only know that missing opportunities is an equal-opportunity curse.
An Equal-Opportunity Curse
Emily L. Hauser
August 10, 2012

British Dictionary definitions for equal opportunity

equal opportunity

noun

1. the offering of employment, pay, or promotion equally to all, without discrimination as to sex, race, colour, disability, etc
2. (as modifier)our equal-opportunity policy; an equal-opportunities employer

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equal opportunity in Culture

equal opportunity

The goal of giving all persons an equal chance to an education and employment, and to protect their civil rights, regardless of their race, religious beliefs, or gender. In the United States, various minority groups have been fighting for equal opportunity over the last 150 years. (See affirmative action, civil rights movement, equal protection of the laws, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Organization for Women, segregation, sexism, suffragist, and women's movement.)