egalitarianadjective
uk/ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈteə.ri.ən/us/ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈter.i.ən/formalbelieving that all people are equally important and should have the same rights and opportunities in life:
an egalitarian society
The party's principles are basically egalitarian.
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Justice and fairness
- a fair crack of the whip idiom
- all's fair in love and war idiom
- an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) idiom
- balanced
- by rights idiom
- even-handed
- eye
- fair
- fair go
- fair-minded
- fairly
- fairness
- fear
- law
- poetic justice
- pound of flesh idiom
- reap what you have sown idiom
- term
- there's one law for the rich and another for the poor idiom
- without fear or favour idiom
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egalitariannoun [ C ]
uk/ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈteə.ri.ən/us/ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈter.i.ən/formala person who has egalitarian beliefs:
Adams was no egalitarian.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Justice and fairness
- a fair crack of the whip idiom
- all's fair in love and war idiom
- an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) idiom
- balanced
- by rights idiom
- even-handed
- eye
- fair
- fair go
- fair-minded
- fairly
- fairness
- fear
- law
- poetic justice
- pound of flesh idiom
- reap what you have sown idiom
- term
- there's one law for the rich and another for the poor idiom
- without fear or favour idiom
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egalitarianism
noun [ U ] uk/ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈteə.ri.ən.ɪ.zəm/us/ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈter.i.ən.ɪ.zəm/formal
the belief in and actions taken according to egalitarian principles