egalitarian
adjective
egal·i·tar·i·an i-ˌga-lə-ˈter-ē-ən 
: asserting, promoting, or marked by egalitarianism
egalitarian noun
Example Sentences
egalitarian policies for the redistribution of wealth
Recent Examples on the Web Even in the egalitarian Nordic country, Marin felt her gender and age sometimes received too much emphasis. 
Kostya Manenkov And Karl Ritter, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2022 Twenty years ago, dotcom evangelists wouldn't shut up about the web as a land of milk and honey, an egalitarian Eden. Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 18 Feb. 2022 France, much like the United States and other multiracial societies, has long struggled to uphold its universal and democratic ideals of racial equality enshrined in its egalitarian constitution and reality on the ground. Chris Massaro, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2020 Women’s tennis is particularly deep and egalitarian at the moment. Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2020 Trump thinks America is in similar danger of hyper-egalitarian anarchy. James Pethokoukis, TheWeek, 7 July 2020 Palme’s personal life hewed ostentatiously to his egalitarian convictions. The Economist, 11 June 2020 His reasons were grounded in egalitarian principles. Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2020 What’s more American than egalitarian pop on the dance floor? Fox News, 29 Mar. 2020 See More
Kostya Manenkov And Karl Ritter, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2022 Twenty years ago, dotcom evangelists wouldn't shut up about the web as a land of milk and honey, an egalitarian Eden. Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 18 Feb. 2022 France, much like the United States and other multiracial societies, has long struggled to uphold its universal and democratic ideals of racial equality enshrined in its egalitarian constitution and reality on the ground. Chris Massaro, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2020 Women’s tennis is particularly deep and egalitarian at the moment. Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2020 Trump thinks America is in similar danger of hyper-egalitarian anarchy. James Pethokoukis, TheWeek, 7 July 2020 Palme’s personal life hewed ostentatiously to his egalitarian convictions. The Economist, 11 June 2020 His reasons were grounded in egalitarian principles. Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2020 What’s more American than egalitarian pop on the dance floor? Fox News, 29 Mar. 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
French égalitaire, from égalité equality, from Latin aequalitat-, aequalitas, from aequalis equal
First Known Use
1885, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing egalitarian
egalitarian 1 of 2
noun
as in democrat
one who advocates or practices social equality as egalitarians, they have always promoted policies for equal pay Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- democrat
- socialist
- populist
- leveller
- leveler
- social democrat
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- snob
- snoot
egalitarian
2 of 2adjective
as in democratic
Synonyms & Similar Words
- democratic
- humble
- unpretentious
- egoless
- modest
- antielitist
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- aristocratic
- elitist
- snobbish
- snobby
- snooty
- snotty
- ritzy
- superior
- arrogant
- persnickety
- aloof
- haughty
- pompous
- pretentious
- uppity
- supercilious
- presumptuous
- imperious
- potty
- bumptious
- peremptory
- toffee-nosed
- egotistical
- hifalutin
- lordly
- highfalutin
- overweening
- egoistic
- egoistical
- huffy
- egotistic
- toplofty
- smug
- high-hat
- prideful
- high-and-mighty
- hoity-toity
- huffish
- high-handed
- toploftical
- bigheaded
- self-satisfied
- biggety
- self-important
- stuck-up
- swellheaded
- self-conceited
- swelled-headed
- biggity
