egalitarian Definition
egali·tar·ian (ē gal′ə ter′ē ən)
adjective
of, advocating, or characterized by the belief that all people should have equal political, social, and economic rights
Etymology: < Fr égalitaire < égalité < OFr equalité (see equality) + -ian
noun
an advocate or supporter of this belief
egalitarian Related Forms
egal′i·tar′i·an·ism′ noun
egalitarian Synonyms
egalitarian Usage Examples
Converse of object
- become: Finally everyone is able to express his or her creativity and imagination, music has become more egalitarian, if a little bland.
- find: My generation has been and remains obsessed with the problems of identity and with finding an egalitarian and just social system.
Adjective modifier
- more: John Major promised to reform the system to make in more egalitarian in the face of growing political embarrassment.
- most: Most libertarians would, of course, reject this view as too egalitarian and most egalitarians would reject it for being too libertarian.
- true: The Old Etonian Mr Letwin is, paradoxically, the true egalitarian.
Modifies a noun
- liberalism: Disputes about public policy toward the poor provide the clearest demonstration of the incompatibility between sectional anti-racism and egalitarian liberalism.
- ideology: It would break down the very barriers kept in place by egalitarian ideology.
- society: Cuba is an egalitarian society where nobody is either extremely wealthy or in abject poverty.
- liberal: This focus on group identity is inconsistent with the ideal of egalitarian liberals who emphasize the equality of all groups within the nation.
- citizenship: Yet an egalitarian citizenship must be about more than the ability to vote.
- principle: In the Dirty Three, everyone is important. ' ' The band's egalitarian principles reach beyond a simple division of the limelight.
Used with adjective complement
remain: Meanwhile, pay levels as a whole remain much more egalitarian.
Noun used with modifier
care: For me quot coverage is higher care egalitarian access.
Modifying Another Word
- truly: In particular, the practices around assessment and the awarding of credit stand forever in the way of a truly egalitarian online pedagogy.
- very: In the past, society in Northern Ireland has been very egalitarian.
- essentially: Self help groups are essentially egalitarian and cooperative gatherings which put shared experience and personal stories at the heart of the group.
- relatively: Suppose that social justice requires a relatively egalitarian distribution of resources.
- radically: Misunderstood and under-appreciated, Buchanan created a vision of politics that was both more radically egalitarian and more secular than anything before.
- too: Acting independently, he argues, governments make policy decisions that are too egalitarian.

