Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The fact of being equal.

    Gleichheit

    ра́венствоrávenstvo

    рі́вністьrívnistʹ

  2. (uncountable, usually)The fact of being equal, of having the same value.

    Gleichheit

    ра́венствоrávenstvo

    the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status

  3. (uncountable, usually)The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.

    Gleichberechtigung

    равнопра́виеravnoprávije, ра́венствоrávenstvo

    рі́вністьrívnistʹ, рівнопра́вністьrivnoprávnistʹ, рівнопра́в'яrivnoprávʺja

Examples

73 sentences
  1. Tom believes in equality between women and men.

    Том вірить в рівність між чоловіками та жінками. — rmdas

    ruТом верит в равенство между мужчинами и женщинами. — odexed

    deTom glaubt an die Gleichberechtigung von Frauen und Männern. — al_ex_an_der

  2. We've been struggling for equality.

  3. He was in favor of equality for all.

    Він виступав за загальну рівність. — uaspeaker

    ruОн выступал за всеобщее равенство. — Hellerick

  4. Equality is guaranteed by the Constitution.

    ruРавенство гарантируется конституцией. — sharptoothed

    deDie Gleichheit ist durch die Verfassung garantiert. — Manfredo

  5. People in the world are always advocating for more freedom and equality.

    Люди в усьому світі завжди борються за більшу свободу та рівність. — aandrusiak

    ruЛюди во всем мире всегда борются за большую свободу и равенство. — mutternoise

    deDie Menschen in der Welt setzen sich immer für mehr Freiheit und Gleichheit ein. — MUIRIEL

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
fact of being equal:
equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences:
Русский
By meaning 2
fact of being equal:
equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
fact of being equal:
equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French equalité (modern French égalité), from Latin aequālitās, aequā

Borrowed from Middle French equalité (modern French égalité), from Latin aequālitās, aequālitātem. Doublet of equity. By surface analysis, equal + -ity

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Forms

plural: equalities
Singularequality

uncountable

Synonyms

8 synonyms
fact of being equal:equivalenceparity
Close in meaning

Antonyms

6 antonyms
equal treatment of people:discriminationB1
societal structure:pecking orderhierarchy

Word family

17 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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