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Antonyms for equality

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-kwol-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈkwɒl ɪ ti

Definition of equality

Origin :
  • late 14c., "evenness of surface, uniformity of size;" c.1400, in reference to amount or number, from Old French equalité (Modern French égalité, which form dates from 17c.), from Latin aequalitatem (nominative aequalitas) "equality, similarity, likeness" (also sometimes with reference to civil rights), from aequalis (see equal). Of privileges, rights, etc., from 1520s.
  • noun similarity, balance; egalitarianism
Example sentences :
  • And this ideal of equality and individuality was fixed in the American mind.
  • Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
  • No one justly may deny the equality of opportunity which made us what we are.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • The officers and men were more nearly on a plane of equality.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • The equality of poverty would have produced stagnation in civilisation.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • Certainly, real freedom and equality of rights presuppose some degree of culture.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • Diversity is the law of life, as equality, or versimilitude, is that of death.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • Take up their equality by all means if you take 'em up themselves.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • It is too well understood by those who know me that I have Equality for my watchword.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • This doctrine was related, of course, to the doctrine of equality.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • A first postulate is, therefore, the equality of the two sexes before the law.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

Synonyms for equality

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