egalitarianism
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e·gal·i·tar·i·an
(ĭ-găl′ĭ-târ′ē-ən)adj.
Affirming, promoting, or characterized by belief in equal political, economic, social, and civil rights for all people.
[From French égalitaire, from égalité, equality, from Latin aequālitās, from aequālis, equal; see equal.]
e·gal′i·tar′i·an n.
e·gal′i·tar′i·an·ism n.
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egalitarianism
a social and political philosophy asserting the equality of all men, especially in their access to the rights and privileges of their society. Also equalitarianism. — egalitarian, n., adj.
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| Noun | 1. | egalitarianism - the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school |
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egalitarianism
n → Egalitarismus m
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