egalitarian

WOTD - 24 May 2010    

English

Etymology

From French égalitaire +‎ -ian

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/
• (US) IPA: /ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛɹ.i.ən/

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Adjective

egalitarian (comparative more egalitarian, superlative most egalitarian)

1. Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.

Synonyms

• equalitarian

Derived terms

• egalitarianism

Translations

characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people

Chinese: trad. 平等主義的, simpl. 平等主义的 (pinyin: píngděngzhǔyìde) Czech: rovnostářský (cs) Finnish: tasa-arvoinen, egalitaarinen French: égalitaire (fr) German: egalitär (de) Hebrew: שיוויוני, דוגל בשיוויון

Icelandic: jafnréttis- (is) Italian: egualitario (it) Norwegian: egalitær (no) Russian: уравнительный (ru) (uravnítel’nyj), (literary) эгалитарный (ru) (egalitárnyj) Spanish: igualitario (es) Swedish: egalitär (sv)

Noun

egalitarian (plural egalitarians)

1. A person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people.

Synonyms

• equalitarian

Translations

person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people

Chinese: trad. 平等主義者, simpl. 平等主义者 (pinyin: píngděngzhǔyìzhě) French: égalitaire (fr) German: Egalitarist (de) m., Egalitaristin (de) f. Icelandic: jafnréttissinni (is) m.

Italian: egualitario (it) m. Norwegian: egalitarist (no) m. Russian: эгалитарист (ru) m., поборник равноправия (ru), сторонник эгалитаризма (ru)