inegalitarian

[in-i-gal-i-tair-ee-uhn]

adjective

1. not egalitarian; lacking in or disdaining equality.

Word History and Origins

Origin of inegalitarian¹

First recorded in 1935–40; in- ³ + egalitarian

Example Sentences

Beyond the countermajoritarian nature of the filibuster, the Senate is inegalitarian by design, thanks to the equal apportionment of senators to all states, regardless of population—a feature founders like James Madison and Alexander Hamilton vociferously opposed before small states forced a compromise at the Constitutional Convention.

From Slate

However, I use bootstrapping in a sense that remains attentive to the actual claims expressed by Black American liberals such as Douglass, Easton and Stewart, who saw internal racial uplift as a central tenet for transforming their societies even as they levied devastating critiques of antebellum America’s inegalitarian social and political system that make such personal uplift all but impossible.

From Salon

“The very inegalitarian system that is already in place and that will be in a certain way reinforced by the bequest of buildings favors religions whose members are more well-to-do,” Mr. Piketty said.

From New York Times

Traditional heterosexual proposals, where men do the asking and women respond, strike some as inegalitarian, said Ellen Lamont, an associate professor of sociology at Appalachian State University.

From New York Times

Within this inegalitarian context, mayors can find even their most noble efforts compromised.

From New York Times