egalitarianism

See also: égalitarianism

English

Alternative forms

égalitarianism

Etymology

egalitarian +‎ -ism

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. — Evan Thomas, Why It’s Time to Worry, Newsweek 2010-12-04

Synonyms

equalitarianism

Related terms

equalism

Translations

political doctrine of universal equality

Catalan: igualitarisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 平均主義 (zh), 平均主义 (zh) (píngjūnzhǔyì), 平等主義 (zh), 平等主义 (zh) (píngděngzhǔyì)
Czech: rovnostářství n
Finnish: egalitarismi, pyrkimys tasa-arvoon
French: égalitarisme (fr) m
German: Egalitarismus (de) m
Hungarian: egalitarizmus
Icelandic: jafnréttisstefna f

Italian: egualitarismo (it) m
Japanese: 平等主義 (びょうとうしゅぎ, byōtōshugi)
Polish: egalitaryzm (pl) m
Portuguese: igualitarismo (pt) m
Russian: эгалитари́зм (ru) m (egalitarízm)
Spanish: igualitarismo (es) m
Swedish: egalitarism (sv) n
Turkish: eşitlikçilik
Ukrainian: егалітари́зм m (ehalitarýzm)

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