egalitarianism

egalitarianism

See also: égalitarianism

English

Alternative forms

• égalitarianism

Etymology

egalitarian +‎ -ism

Noun

egalitarianism (countable and uncountable, plural egalitarianisms)

1. The political doctrine that holds that all people in a society should have equal rights from birth.
   • The gap between rich and poor is growing in ways that mock American middle-class egalitarianism. — Evan Thomas, Why It’s Time to Worry, Newsweek 2010-12-04

Synonyms

• equalitarianism

Related terms

• equalism

Translations

political doctrine of universal equality

Catalan: igualitarisme m Chinese: Mandarin: 平均主義／平均主义 (zh) (píngjūnzhǔyì), 平等主義／平等主义 (zh) (píngděngzhǔyì) Czech: rovnostářství n Dutch: egalitarisme (nl) n Finnish: egalitarismi, pyrkimys tasa-arvoon French: égalitarisme (fr) m German: Egalitarismus (de) m Hungarian: egalitarizmus (hu) Icelandic: jafnréttisstefna f Italian: egualitarismo (it) m Japanese: 平等主義 (びょうとうしゅぎ, byōtōshugi) Kazakh: теңгермешілдік (teñgermeşıldık) Korean: 평등주의(平等主義) (ko) (pyeongdeungjuui) Polish: egalitaryzm (pl) m Portuguese: igualitarismo (pt) m Russian: эгалитари́зм (ru) m (egalitarízm) Spanish: igualitarismo (es) m Swedish: egalitarism (sv) n Turkish: eşitlikçilik Ukrainian: егалітари́зм m (ehalitarýzm)

See also

• complementarianism
• socialism