egalitarian
UK/ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən//ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛɹ.i.ən/
egalitarian adjective: characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.
Adjective
egalitarian (comparative more egalitarian, superlative most egalitarian)
- Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.
- Ladies of yesteryear toured world capitals in sedate linen dresses, but such priggish frumpery hardly presents Americans as the carefree, egalitarian, and sensuous people the viewers of dubbed Baywatch episodes have come to expect.2005, Sharon Grehan, Random Acts of Malice, page 56
Noun
egalitarian (plural egalitarians)
- A person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people.
- The Greeks have been variously represented: as aristocrats or democrats, as unravished brides of quietness or sexual misfits in need of a therapist's couch, as narcissists or altruists, as protoracists or open-minded egalitarians.2002, Barry Strauss, Fathers and Sons in Athens: Ideology and Society in the Era of the Peloponnesian War, →ISBN
egalitarian meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
egalitarian in Hindi
- characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people
- समानतावादी samāntāvādī
egalitarian in Tamil
- சம நோக்காளர், மனித சமூக சமத்துவம்
egalitarian in Marathi
- समतावादी, समानतावादी
egalitarian in Urdu
- برابری پسند
More languagesFewer languages
- egalitarian in Bengali
- সাম্যবাদী
- egalitarian in Kannada
- ಸರ್ವಸಮಾನತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಂಬಿಕೆಯಿರುವ, ಸಮಾನತಾವಾದದ
- egalitarian in Punjabi
- ਸਮਾਨਤਾਵਾਦੀ, ਬਰਾਬਰੀਵਾਦੀ
- egalitarian in Gujarati
- સમાનતાવાદી, સમતાવાદી
- egalitarian in Odia
- ସମତାବାଦୀ, ସମାନତାବାଦୀ
- egalitarian in Nepali
- समतावादी, समानतावादी
Examples of egalitarian in a sentence
- I refused to make so much as a curtsey for the passing nobles, as I am a staunch egalitarian.
- The hotel's staff never curtsied, nodded, or bowed to the owner as she passed, as they were staunch egalitarians.
- The two other groups, he said, are called hierarchists and egalitarians.
Synonyms of egalitarian
Forms of egalitarian
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more egalitarian |
| superlative | most egalitarian |
| alternative form | égalitarian |
| Noun | |
| plural | egalitarians |
Origin of egalitarian
From French égalitaire + -ian.
Words formed from egalitarian
Questions about egalitarian
- What does egalitarian mean?
- Egalitarian means characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.
- What is egalitarian in Hindi?
- Egalitarian in Hindi is समानतावादी (samāntāvādī). See Egalitarian meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is egalitarian?
- Egalitarian can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce egalitarian?
- Egalitarian is pronounced /ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/ (UK).
Words near egalitarian in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: egalitarian (page history and authors); egalitarian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); egalitarian (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); egalitarian (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Egalitarian (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); egalitarian (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); egalitarian (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); egalitarian (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); egalitarian (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); egalitarian (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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