''egalitarianism'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜Definition｜1st｜20260904134559-00-⌔

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English

Noun

egalitarianism (countable and uncountable, plural egalitarianisms)

• The political doctrine that holds that all people in a society should have equal rights from birth.
  • ✤ The gap between rich and poor is growing in ways that mock American middle-class egalitarianism.¹

Etymology

From egalitarian + -ism.

Pronunciation

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Footnotes

1. 2010 December 4, “The Deepest Dangers Facing the United States”, in Newsweek ‎${}^{[1]}$: ↩