égalitén.
In political contexts (alluding to the French Revolutionary slogan ‘liberté, égalité, fraternité’): equality (see equality n. 2a).
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun]
comparison1340
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evenhead?a1400
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pareil?c1450
equalityc1460
comparation1483
egalness1526
equalness1530
equivalency1535
eveningc1540
equivalencea1542
indifferency1569
owelty1579
coequality1583
mateship1593
equal1596
adequation1605
parity1609
parility1610
matchableness1611
equipollency1623
equiparance1624
egality1628
equipage1633
comparitya1635
omniparity1635
peership1641
exequation1656
equipoise1658
equipotency1658
countervalue1660
adequateness1664
commensurablenessa1676
peerage1681
égalité1794
peerdom1891
1794 J. Adams Let. 4 Feb. in Wks. (1856) I. 462 I hope my old friend will never meet the fate of another preacher of égalité.
1828 Ld. Normanby English in France II. 27 But is not this the land of égalité?
1858 W. Bagehot Coll. Wks. (1965) II. 54 [Scott's] objection to democracy..was, that it would..level prince and peasant in a common égalité.
1981 Time 29 June 2/2 I see Mitterrand in the tradition of the 19th century socialist reformers..who sought to make égalité a real thing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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