Dictionary Definition
equality
Noun
1 the quality of being the same in quantity or
measure or value or status [ant: inequality]
2 a state of being essentially equal or
equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best" [syn:
equivalence,
equation, par]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- The fact of being equal.
- The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
- The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.
Synonyms
- (fact of being equal): equivalence
Antonyms
- (fact of being equal): difference, inequality
- (equal treatment of people): discrimination, inequality
Translations
fact of being equal
- Finnish: yhdenvertaisuus, samanvertaisuus
- French: égalité
- German: Gleichheit , Gleichberechtigung
- Azeri: Bərabərlik
- Hungarian: egyenlőség
- Latin: aequitas
- Polish: równość
- Portuguese: igualdade
mathematics: fact of having the same value
- Azeri: Bərabərlik
- Finnish: yhtäsuuruus
- French: égalité
- German: Gleichheit
- Hungarian: egyenlőség
- Portuguese: igualdade
- Swedish: likhet
equal treatment of people irrespective of social
or cultural differences
- Azeri: Bərabərlik
- Finnish: tasa-arvo, tasa-arvoisuus
- Portuguese: eqüidade , igualdade
- Swedish: likabehandling
- ttbc Dutch: gelijkheid
Derived terms
Extensive Definition
Equality commonly refers to the idea of equal
treatment.
Equality may also refer to:
- Egalitarianism, the belief that all/some people ought to be treated equally
- Equality before the law
- Equality of opportunity
- Equality of outcome or equality of condition
- Racial equality
- Sexual equality
- Social equality
- Equality (book)
- Equality, Illinois
- Congruence (geometry)
- Equality (mathematics)
equality in Catalan: Igualtat
equality in Spanish: Igualdad
equality in French: Égalité
equality in Dutch: Gelijkheid
equality in Japanese: 平等
equality in Polish: Równość
equality in Russian: Равенство
equality in Simple English: Equality
equality in Chinese: 平等
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
agreement, analogy, balance, bilateral symmetry,
coequality, coincidence, comparability, comparison, conformity, congruence, congruity, consistency, correspondence, dynamic
symmetry, egalitarianism, equilibrium, equivalence, equivalency, eurythmics, eurythmy, evenness, fairness, finish, harmony, homogeneity, homoousia, identity, impartiality, indistinguishability,
justice, keeping, likeness, multilateral
symmetry, no difference, oneness, par, parallelism, parity, polarity, proportion, proportionality,
regularity, resemblance, sameness, self-identity,
selfhood, selfness, selfsameness, shapeliness, similarity, similitude, symmetricalness,
symmetry, synonymity, synonymousness, synonymy, trilateral symmetry,
uniformity, unity