equal opportunity

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noun

the aggregation of policies and practices in employment and other areas that do not discriminate against persons on the basis of race, color, age, sex, national origin, religion, or mental or physical disability.

OTHER WORDS FROM equal opportunity

e·qual-op·por·tu·ni·ty, adjective

Words nearby equal opportunity

equalization payment, equalize, equalizer, equally, Equal Opportunities Commission, equal opportunity, equal pay, equal protection of the laws, Equal Rights Amendment, equal sign, equal temperament

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Example sentences from the Web for equal opportunity

I prefer my wilderness areas to house a few man-eaters (technically, equal-opportunity predators).
American Wilderness Faces the Firing Squad|Doug Peacock|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was an equal-opportunity consumer, and if you had it, I did it.
Jared Leto on His Brilliant Performance as a Transsexual in ‘Dallas Buyers Club’|Marlow Stern|September 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A harder-than-hard-core conservative and professional provocateur, Peterson is an equal-opportunity offender.
The Shady Group Behind the African-American Anti-Immigration Rally|Michelle Cottle|July 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Let it be known that Anderson Cooper is an equal-opportunity ridiculer—even when it comes to his fellow CNN employees.
Anderson Cooper Slams Star Jones, Karl Lagerfeld & More (Video)|Mike Munoz, Melissa Leon|October 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST

We can only know that missing opportunities is an equal-opportunity curse.
An Equal-Opportunity Curse|Emily L. Hauser|August 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for equal opportunity

equal opportunity

noun

the offering of employment, pay, or promotion equally to all, without discrimination as to sex, race, colour, disability, etc
(as modifier)our equal-opportunity policy; an equal-opportunities employer

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Cultural definitions for equal opportunity

equal opportunity

The goal of giving all persons an equal chance to an education and employment, and to protect their civil rights, regardless of their race, religious beliefs, or gender. In the United States, various minority groups have been fighting for equal opportunity over the last 150 years. (See affirmative action, civil rights movement, equal protection of the laws, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Organization for Women, segregation, sexism, suffragist, and women's movement.)

单词	equal opportunity
释义	equal opportunity SEE SYNONYMS FOR equal opportunity ON THESAURUS.COM noun the aggregation of policies and practices in employment and other areas that do not discriminate against persons on the basis of race, color, age, sex, national origin, religion, or mental or physical disability. OTHER WORDS FROM equal opportunity e·qual-op·por·tu·ni·ty, adjective Words nearby equal opportunity equalization payment, equalize, equalizer, equally, Equal Opportunities Commission, equal opportunity, equal pay, equal protection of the laws, Equal Rights Amendment, equal sign, equal temperament Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for equal opportunity I prefer my wilderness areas to house a few man-eaters (technically, equal-opportunity predators). American Wilderness Faces the Firing Squad\|Doug Peacock\|July 6, 2014\|DAILY BEAST I was an equal-opportunity consumer, and if you had it, I did it. Jared Leto on His Brilliant Performance as a Transsexual in ‘Dallas Buyers Club’\|Marlow Stern\|September 10, 2013\|DAILY BEAST A harder-than-hard-core conservative and professional provocateur, Peterson is an equal-opportunity offender. The Shady Group Behind the African-American Anti-Immigration Rally\|Michelle Cottle\|July 12, 2013\|DAILY BEAST Let it be known that Anderson Cooper is an equal-opportunity ridiculer—even when it comes to his fellow CNN employees. Anderson Cooper Slams Star Jones, Karl Lagerfeld & More (Video)\|Mike Munoz, Melissa Leon\|October 5, 2012\|DAILY BEAST We can only know that missing opportunities is an equal-opportunity curse. An Equal-Opportunity Curse\|Emily L. Hauser\|August 10, 2012\|DAILY BEAST British Dictionary definitions for equal opportunity equal opportunity noun the offering of employment, pay, or promotion equally to all, without discrimination as to sex, race, colour, disability, etc (as modifier)our equal-opportunity policy; an equal-opportunities employer Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to equal opportunity parity, civil rights, impartiality, identity, fairness, tolerance, coordination, correspondence, par, likeness, evenness, uniformity, equivalence, parallelism, equilibrium, equipoise, sameness, homology, equatability, commensurateness Cultural definitions for equal opportunity equal opportunity The goal of giving all persons an equal chance to an education and employment, and to protect their civil rights, regardless of their race, religious beliefs, or gender. In the United States, various minority groups have been fighting for equal opportunity over the last 150 years. (See affirmative action, civil rights movement, equal protection of the laws, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Organization for Women, segregation, sexism, suffragist, and women's movement.) The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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equal opportunity

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