equalitynoun [ U or C ]
uk/iˈkwɒl.ə.ti/us/iˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/B2 the right of different groups of people to have a similar social position and receive the same treatment:
equality between the sexes
racial equality
the government department responsible for equalities
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- Civil rights include freedom, equality in law and in employment, and the right to vote.
- Gandhi was loved and revered for his unceasing struggle for freedom and equality.
- Sexual equality will not be achieved until there is more provision for childcare.
- We are committed to the ideal of equality.
- The commission discussed ways of combatting poverty and increasing social equality in the member countries.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Human rights
- affirmative action
- ageism
- agism
- Amnesty International
- anti-racist
- Bechdel test
- discrimination
- emancipation
- equal opportunity
- fattist
- feminism
- gay rights
- gender discrimination
- human rights
- inequality
- positive discrimination
- sisterhood
- suffragette
- women's libber
- women's liberation
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