more equal
more equal adjective: ostensibly equal, but more privileged in reality.
Adjective
more equal (comparative form only)
- Ostensibly equal, but more privileged in reality.
- All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC
- ... men who supposedly enjoyed equality and freedom, but in fact did not. The rich more equal than the poor at Strasbourg? ... is there a gap between what human rights say they do and what they actually do?2006, Marie-Bénédicte Dembour, Who Believes in Human Rights?, p. 122
more equal meaning in Bengali
more equal in Bengali
- বাহ্যিকভাবে সমান, কিন্তু বাস্তবে বেশি সুবিধাভোগী
Origin of more equal
Coined by George Orwell in 1945; see Animal Farm quotation below.
Questions about more equal
- What does more equal mean?
- More equal means ostensibly equal, but more privileged in reality.
- What is more equal in Bengali?
- More equal in Bengali is বাহ্যিকভাবে সমান, কিন্তু বাস্তবে বেশি সুবিধাভোগী. See More equal meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is more equal?
- More equal is an adjective.
Words near more equal in the dictionary
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