equality
[ih-kwol-i-tee]
- the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability: promoting equality of opportunity in the workplace.
- uniform character, as of motion or surface.
- Mathematics. a statement that two quantities are equal; equation.
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Origin of equality
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parityimpartialityidentityfairnesstolerancecoordinationcorrespondenceparlikenessevennessuniformityequivalenceparallelismequilibriumequipoisesamenesshomologyisonomyExamples from the Web for equality
Contemporary Examples
In the 21st century women are earning their equality every step of the way… including the bedroom.
Career-Minded Women Turn to Male Escorts For No-Strings Fun and (Maybe) SexAurora Snow
January 3, 2015
The tweets linking to the National Review, that bastion of LGBT equality.
There is no such thing as a gay lifestyle, except in right-wing propaganda to oppose LGBT equality.
And some of the most compelling statements came from a powerful, crucial set of equality allies: corporations.
Corporations Are No Longer Silent on LGBT IssuesDecember 24, 2014
To define this show of support by major corporations for LGBT equality as a seachange would be no overstatement.
Corporations Are No Longer Silent on LGBT IssuesDecember 24, 2014
Historical Examples
And this ideal of equality and individuality was fixed in the American mind.
'Tis Sixty Years SinceCharles Francis Adams
No one justly may deny the equality of opportunity which made us what we are.
The officers and men were more nearly on a plane of equality.
The Rock of ChickamaugaJoseph A. Altsheler
The equality of poverty would have produced stagnation in civilisation.
FreelandTheodor Hertzka
Certainly, real freedom and equality of rights presuppose some degree of culture.
FreelandTheodor Hertzka
equality
- the state of being equal
- maths a statement, usually an equation, indicating that quantities or expressions on either side of an equal sign are equal in value
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Word Origin and History for equality
n.
late 14c., "evenness of surface, uniformity of size;" c.1400, in reference to amount or number, from Old French equalité (Modern French égalité, which form dates from 17c.), from Latin aequalitatem (nominative aequalitas) "equality, similarity, likeness" (also sometimes with reference to civil rights), from aequalis (see equal). Of privileges, rights, etc., from 1520s.
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