equalitie

Noun

equality (usually uncountable, plural equalities)

1. (usually) The fact of being equal.
   • The most powerful of these general ideas which have shaped political development in recent times is of course the ideal of material equality.1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 425

   Synonyms:

   equivalence, parity

2. (usually) The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
3. (usually) The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.
   • I think somebody asked me the other day when I was holding a conference over here at the library if a woman could be President of the United States. Well I said they've taken over everything else in the world, why not that? [Laughter] And that wouldn't surprise me if it doesn't happen one of these...1964 December 13, Harry S. Truman, 8:26 from the start, in MP77-34 KCMO-TV News Segments, 1964-1966, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162