egalitarianism

See also: égalitarianism

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From egalitarian +‎ -ism.

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egalitarianism (countable and uncountable, plural egalitarianisms)

  1. The political doctrine that holds that all people in a society should have equal rights from birth.
    • 2010 December 4, “The Deepest Dangers Facing the United States”, in Newsweek[1]:
      The gap between rich and poor is growing in ways that mock American middle-class egalitarianism.

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