egalitarianism
See also: égalitarianism
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Etymology
From 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.
- 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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political doctrine of universal equality
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