equality
/ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti//ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ti/
equality noun: the fact of being equal.
Noun
equality (usually uncountable, plural equalities)
- 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
- The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
- 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
- Jefferson was talking about the equality of natural human rights. You have freedom, and I have freedom. You and I have equal rights to freedom.2020 December 12, Ouyang Fei, “The Issue of Equality in the U.S. Election and Its Communist Roots”, in Minghui, archived from the original on 18 Sep 2023
equality meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
equality in Hindi
- fact of being equal
- समानता samāntā
- equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
- समानता samāntā
equality in Tamil
- சமத்துவம், சமத்தன்மை, சரிசமன், சரிசமம், சமநிலை, நிகர் உரிமை
equality in Marathi
- equality, equivalence, parity
- समानता samānatā
- equality, parity, equanimity
- समता samatā
- equality, parity, uniformity
- साम्य sāmya
equality in Urdu
- fact of being equal
- مُساوات musāvāt, بَرابَری barābarī, یَکسانِیت yaksānīt
- equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences
- مُساوات musāvāt
More languagesFewer languages
- equality in Bengali
- সমতা śomota
- equality in Telugu
- సమము samamu, సామ్యము sāmyamu
- equality in Malayalam
- തുല്യത tulyata, സമത്വം samatvaṁ
- equality in Kannada
- ಜೊತೆ jote
- equality in Punjabi
- ਬਰਾਬਰੀ, ਸਮਾਨਤਾ
- equality in Gujarati
- સમાનતા
- equality in Odia
- ସମାନତା
- equality in Sanskrit
- साम्य sāmya, कक्षा kakṣā
- equality in Nepali
- समानता, समानताले
- equality in Pashto
- مساوات musāwāt, برابري barābari
- equality in Arabic
- مُسَاوَاة musāwāh, تَسَاوٍ tasāwin
- equality in Malay
- kesetaraan, kesamaan
- equality in Indonesian
- kesamaan
- equality in Thai
- ภาวะเท่ากัน, ความเสมอภาค kwaam-sà-mə̌ə-pâak, ความเท่าเทียม kwaam-tâo-tiiam, สมภาพ sǒm-má-pâap
- equality in Vietnamese
- sự bình đẳng
- equality in Myanmar
- ညီမျှခြင်း nyihmya.hkrang:, တန်းတူညီမျှမှု tan:tu-nyihmya.hmu.
Examples of equality in a sentence
- 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 days because the country believes in equality.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...
- Why are women waiting for men — who are the majority of our politicians, justices and judges — to benevolently bestow equality unto us?2023 May 6, Marcie Bianco, “Opinion: For women, it’s past time to give up the ghost of equality”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01...
Synonyms of equality
Antonyms
Forms of equality
| plural | equalities |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | æquality |
Origin of equality
Borrowed from Middle French equalité (modern French égalité), from Latin aequālitās, aequālitātem. Doublet of equity. By surface analysis, equal + -ity
Words formed from equality
Phrases with equality
Questions about equality
- What does equality mean?
- Equality means the fact of being equal.
- What is equality in Hindi?
- Equality in Hindi is समानता (samāntā). See Equality meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use equality in a sentence?
- 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 days because the country believes in equality.
- What part of speech is equality?
- Equality is a noun.
- How do you pronounce equality?
- Equality is pronounced /ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of equality?
- The plural of equality is equalities.
Words near equality in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: equality (page history and authors); equality (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); समता (Marathi) (page history and authors); సమము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ಜೊತೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); equality (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); equality (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); equality (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); कक्षा (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); equality (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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