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egalitarian Definition

egali·tar·ian (ē gal′ə terē 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·tari·an·ism′ noun

egalitarian Synonyms

egalitarian

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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.

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