egalitarianism
Everyone deserves fairness
Egalitarianism is the belief that all people are fundamentally equal and deserve equal rights, opportunities, and treatment.
The term applies to political philosophies advocating social equality, economic systems opposing class hierarchies, and moral frameworks holding that every person's interests matter equally.
Her egalitarianism made her uncomfortable with inherited wealth.
State of being equal
- equal opportunityUnbiased chance for all
- samenessState of being identical
- levelingMaking flat or equal
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
non-discrimination · even-handedness · coequality · uniformity · equivalence · balance · classlessness · meritocracy
Fair treatment under law
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- fair playHonorable conduct in games
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
- evenhandednessUnbiased, balanced judgment
non-discrimination · balance · integrity · reasonableness · fair-mindedness · unbiasedness · due process · reciprocity
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- communismCollective ownership system
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
- redistributionSharing out again differently
- classless societySystem without social strata
solidarity · common ownership · worker ownership · social democracy · internationalism · reformism · proletariat · anti-capitalism
Guaranteed individual legal protections
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
liberation · equal protection · dignity · freedom · autonomy · self-determination · anti-discrimination · constitutional rights
Fair distribution of opportunities
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- antiracismActive opposition to bigotry
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
grassroots · allyship · empowerment · inclusion · diversity · anti-oppression · abolitionism · suffragette
Right to cast ballots
- votingFormally registering a choice
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- representationDepiction or likeness
- citizenshipStatus as state member
popular sovereignty · majority rule · civic participation · self-governance · universal suffrage · consent of the governed · republicanism · direct democracy
Greatest-happiness moral theory
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- communitarianismPhilosophy prioritizing collective bonds
- social contractAgreement exchanging freedom for order
- LockeEnglish empiricist philosopher's surname
parity
State of being equal
- equal opportunityUnbiased chance for all
- samenessState of being identical
- levelingMaking flat or equal
impartiality · non-discrimination · even-handedness · coequality · uniformity · equivalence · balance · classlessness · meritocracy · fair treatment
justice
Fair treatment under law
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- fair playHonorable conduct in games
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
evenhandedness · non-discrimination · balance · integrity · reasonableness · fair-mindedness · unbiasedness · due process · reciprocity
Marxism
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- communismCollective ownership system
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
- redistributionSharing out again differently
classless society · solidarity · common ownership · worker ownership · social democracy · internationalism · reformism · proletariat · anti-capitalism · communalism
civil rights
Guaranteed individual legal protections
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
enfranchisement · liberation · equal protection · dignity · freedom · autonomy · self-determination · anti-discrimination · constitutional rights · natural rights
social justice
Fair distribution of opportunities
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- antiracismActive opposition to bigotry
intersectionality · grassroots · allyship · empowerment · inclusion · diversity · anti-oppression · abolitionism · suffragette · civil rights movement
suffrage
Right to cast ballots
- votingFormally registering a choice
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- representationDepiction or likeness
citizenship · popular sovereignty · majority rule · civic participation · self-governance · universal suffrage · consent of the governed · republicanism · direct democracy · participatory democracy
utilitarianism
Greatest-happiness moral theory
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- communitarianismPhilosophy prioritizing collective bonds
- social contractAgreement exchanging freedom for order
Locke · Rousseau · deontology · consequentialism · pluralism
- ScandinaviaNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland
- social systemspolitical systems, capitalism, feudalism, economic systems, socialism
- fairnessfair play, fair shake, fair treatment, fair and square, fair share
- ismscapitalism, socialism, communism, anarchism, racism
- feminismfeminism, feminist theory, women's rights, feminist novels, feminist themes
- French RevolutionBastille, guillotine, Robespierre, French Revolution, Marie Antoinette
egalitarianismelitism
Preference for privileged rule
aristocracy · caste system · feudalism · oligarchy · meritocracy
egalitarianisminequality
Unequal distribution of resources
inequity · unfairness · privilege · plutocracy · despotism
egalitarianismsupremacism
Ideology claiming group superiority
chauvinism · racism · sexism · white supremacy · apartheid
equality, equity, equation, equate, equitable, equalize, equanimity, egalitarian, equalized