egalitarian
Believer in equality
Egalitarian describes a belief in or commitment to the principle that all people deserve equal rights, opportunities, and treatment.
As an adjective, it characterizes systems, societies, or attitudes that reject hierarchies based on class, wealth, or status: The commune operated on egalitarian principles, with everyone sharing work equally.
As a noun, an egalitarian is someone who holds these views.
The word often appears in political and philosophical discussions about how societies should be organized.
Without social divisions
- unstratifiedNot separated into levels
- horizontalParallel to the horizon
- non-hierarchicalLacking ordered authority levels
- flatLacking vertical variation
communal · collective · cooperative · mutualist · grassroots · bottom-up · decentralized · participatory
State of varied elements
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- multiculturalIncluding multiple ethnic traditions
- integrationCombining into a whole
- acceptanceConsent to receive
tolerance · cosmopolitan · open-minded · welcoming · accessible · universal · intercultural · heterogeneous
Philosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- humanismPhilosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communitarianismPhilosophy prioritizing collective bonds
- utilitarianismGreatest-happiness moral theory
progressivism · reformism · emancipation · enlightenment · universalism · altruism · fraternity · solidarity
State of being equal
- equal-opportunityTreating all candidates identically
- samenessState of being identical
- equivalenceState of being equal
- uniformityState of being identical
impartiality · non-discrimination · equalitarian · classlessness · meritocracy · even-handedness · equipoise
Rule by the people
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- republicState with elected leaders
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- representationDepiction or likeness
populist · anti-authoritarian · anti-monarchist · constitutional · franchise · self-governance · sovereignty
classless
Without social divisions
- unstratifiedNot separated into levels
- horizontalParallel to the horizon
- non-hierarchicalLacking ordered authority levels
flat · communal · collective · cooperative · mutualist · grassroots · bottom-up · decentralized · participatory · shared
diversity
State of varied elements
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- multiculturalIncluding multiple ethnic traditions
- integrationCombining into a whole
acceptance · tolerance · cosmopolitan · open-minded · welcoming · accessible · universal · intercultural · heterogeneous · broad-minded
liberalism
Philosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- humanismPhilosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communitarianismPhilosophy prioritizing collective bonds
utilitarianism · progressivism · reformism · emancipation · enlightenment · universalism · altruism · fraternity · solidarity · rights-based
parity
State of being equal
- equal-opportunityTreating all candidates identically
- samenessState of being identical
- equivalenceState of being equal
uniformity · impartiality · non-discrimination · equalitarian · classlessness · meritocracy · even-handedness · equipoise
democracy
Rule by the people
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- republicState with elected leaders
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
representation · populist · anti-authoritarian · anti-monarchist · constitutional · franchise · self-governance · sovereignty
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
- French RevolutionBastille, guillotine, Robespierre, French Revolution, Marie Antoinette
- equalityequal, equal rights, equal opportunity, equal access, equal pay
- leftismMarxism, socialism, communism, leftist, socialist
- Political Ideologistssocialist, communist, anarchist, Marxist, leftist
- political labelsliberal, conservative, leftist, rightist, moderate
egalitarianelitist
One favoring the privileged
hierarchical · aristocratic · classist · inegalitarian · snob
egalitarianauthoritarian
Favoring absolute control
autocratic · totalitarian · undemocratic · despotic · tyrannical
egalitarianelitist
One favoring the privileged
exclusive · unequal · inequitable · discriminating · restrictive
- egalitarian societyGroup with equal status