equality

Noun

Meaning

The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; an equality of rights.

Sameness in state or continued course; evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution.

Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface.

Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

equivalence parity justice identity balance equation correspondence similarity equity likeness par fairness impartiality evenness symmetry
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Antonyms

inequality difference discrimination badness advantage contrast
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Hypernyms

position status sameness

Hyponyms

balance tie equivalence evenness isometry egality

Phrases with the word

Gender Equality ethnic equality equality of all before the law equality in law equality in rights equality of all persons before the law

Derivatives

Equalities

Examples

We have never claimed equality of possessions, but we consider equality of rights and happiness to be necessary. Maximilien Robespierre

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact. Honoré de Balzac

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it. Malcolm X

Equality begins in the grave. American Proverb

Where there is equality there never can be perfect love. Italian Proverb

Perfect love cannot be without equality. Scottish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

equalitarian equalitarianism equalitie equality before law equality before the law equality between classes