Equal Opportunity Definition
ēkwəläpərto͝onətē, ēkwəläpərtyo͝onətē
noun
Absence of discrimination, as in the workplace, based on race, color, age, gender, national origin, religion, or mental or physical disability.
American Heritage
adjective
Treating all employees and applicants for employment equally, without discriminating in terms of race, sex, religion, etc.
Webster's New World
Random or impartial in action or effect; not selective.
An equal-opportunity disease.
Webster's New World
(humorous) Targeting everyone indiscriminately.
Equal-opportunity insulter.
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Origin of Equal Opportunity
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Comes from equal-opportunity employer and similar phrases, where it is used literally to mean that the opportunity for employment is available equally to all, regardless of, for example, an applicant's race.
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