equality
Identical rights shared
Equality is the condition of being equal—having the same status, rights, opportunities, or value as others.
In social and political contexts, equality typically refers to the principle that all people deserve the same treatment regardless of characteristics like race, gender, or wealth: The movement fought for equality under the law.
Mathematical equality means two expressions have the same value.
The word often appears in debates about whether formal equality (same rules for everyone) achieves genuine fairness.
Justified claims to freedoms
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- Fourteenth AmendmentPost-Civil War constitutional addition
- antidiscriminationOpposing unfair bias
human rights · inalienable · citizenship · suffrage · Title IX · Brown v Board · legislation · disability rights
Freedom from prejudice
- neutralityState of taking sides
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
- evenhandednessUnbiased, balanced judgment
- nondiscriminationEqual treatment regardless of identity
fair treatment · unbiased · justice · equitable · fair play · level playing field · meritocracy · blind justice
Programs boosting marginalized representation
- diversityState of varied elements
- representationDepiction or likeness
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
- redistributionSharing out again differently
disparities · discrimination · privilege · underrepresented · minorities · gender gap · racial · socioeconomic
State of balance
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- evennessUniform, balanced quality
- equipoiseEqual distribution of weight
level · uniformity · scales · counterweight · parity · equivalence · sameness · correspondence
Exactly the same
- equivalentSame in value or function
- uniformIdentical throughout
- alikeSharing key features
- interchangeableAble to replace another
indistinguishable · homogeneous · matching · congruent · tantamount · commensurate · coequal · same
Who someone is
- equivalenceState of being equal
- congruenceState of agreement
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- variableProne to fluctuation
Mutual giving and receiving
- materialPhysical matter; pertinent
- tradeExchange of commodities
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- imbalanceLack of proportion
rights
Justified claims to freedoms
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- Fourteenth AmendmentPost-Civil War constitutional addition
antidiscrimination · human rights · inalienable · citizenship · suffrage · Title IX · Brown v Board · legislation · disability rights · voting rights
impartiality
Freedom from prejudice
- neutralityState of taking sides
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
- evenhandednessUnbiased, balanced judgment
nondiscrimination · fair treatment · unbiased · justice · equitable · fair play · level playing field · meritocracy · blind justice · consistency
affirmative action
Programs boosting marginalized representation
- diversityState of varied elements
- representationDepiction or likeness
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
redistribution · disparities · discrimination · privilege · underrepresented · minorities · gender gap · racial · socioeconomic · access
equilibrium
State of balance
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- evennessUniform, balanced quality
equipoise · level · uniformity · scales · counterweight · parity · equivalence · sameness · correspondence · parallelism
identical
Exactly the same
- equivalentSame in value or function
- uniformIdentical throughout
- alikeSharing key features
interchangeable · indistinguishable · homogeneous · matching · congruent · tantamount · commensurate · coequal · same · peer
identity
Who someone is
- equivalenceState of being equal
- congruenceState of agreement
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
variable · transitive property · algebraic · numerical · isomorphism
exchange
Mutual giving and receiving
- materialPhysical matter; pertinent
- tradeExchange of commodities
- compensationPayment for services rendered
imbalance · positional · sacrifice · endgame
- valuesvalue, honesty, worth, fairness, morals
- women's historywomen's history, herstory, women's movement, suffrage movement, notable women
- positive valuescooperation, tolerance, respect, kindness, empathy
- social causesfeminism, charity, environmentalism, volunteering, pacifism
- value conceptstruth, love, freedom, justice, peace
- ethicsmorality, deontology, dignity, sanctity of life, utilitarianism
equalityinequality
Unequal distribution of resources
discrimination · privilege · hierarchy · oppression · caste system
equalityinequality
Unequal distribution of resources
disparity · difference · discrepancy · divergence · variance
equalityimbalance
Lack of proportion
disproportion · disparity · inequity · unevenness · lopsidedness
- gender equalityEqual treatment regardless sex
- racial equalityEqual treatment regardless of ancestry
- equality before the lawUniform application of justice
- marriage equalitySame legal wedlock for all
- political equalityEqual power in governance
- social equalityEqual standing among people
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