equality

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English

Alternative forms

• æquality (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French equalité (modern French égalité), from Latin aequālitās, aequālitātem. Doublet of equity. By surface analysis, equal +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/
• (US) enPR: ĭʹkwŏ-lĭ-tē IPA^(key): /ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ti/, [ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ɾi]

Noun

equality (usually uncountable, plural equalities)

1. The fact of being equal.
2. (mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.

Synonyms

• (fact of being equal): equivalence, parity

Antonyms

• (fact of being equal): difference, inequality, nonequivilence
• (equal treatment of people): discrimination, inequality

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References

• “equality”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• equality in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "equality" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 117.
• “equality”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.