equality

English

Alternative forms

• æquality (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin aequālitās.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ĭʹkwŏl-ĭ-tē IPA: /ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/ SAMPA: /I"kwAl.I.ti/

Noun

equality (countable and uncountable; plural equalities)

1. (uncountable) The fact of being equal.
2. (uncountable) (mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
3. (uncountable) 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

Arabic: مساواة (ar) (musaawaa) f. Azeri: bərabərlik Bulgarian: равенство (bg) n., еднаквост (bg) f. Catalan: igualtat (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 平等 (zh) (píngděng), 均等 (zh) (jūnděng) Danish: lighed (da) c. Dutch: gelijkheid (nl) f. Esperanto: egaleco (eo) Finnish: yhdenvertaisuus, samanvertaisuus French: égalité (fr) f.

German: Gleichheit (de) f. Hungarian: egyenlőség (hu) Ido: egaleso (io) Japanese: 平等 (ja) (びょうどう, byōdō), 均等 (ja) (きんとう, kintō) Latin: aequitas (la) f. Macedonian: еднаквост (mk) (édnakvost) f. Polish: równość (pl) f. Portuguese: igualdade (pt) f. Romanian: egalitate (ro) Russian: равенство (ru) (rávenstvo) n. Serbian: ravnopravnost (sr) (равноправност) f. Spanish: equitad f.

mathematics: fact of having the same value

Azeri: bərabərlik Bulgarian: равенство (bg) n. Dutch: gelijkheid (nl) f. Finnish: yhtäsuuruus French: égalité (fr) f. German: Gleichheit (de) f. Hungarian: egyenlőség (hu)

Macedonian: равенство (mk) (rávenstvo) n. Portuguese: igualdade (pt) f. Russian: равенство (ru) (rávenstvo) n. Spanish: paridad (es) f. Swahili: usawa (sw) Swedish: likhet (sv) c.

equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences

Azeri: bərabərlik Bulgarian: равноправие (bg) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 平等 (zh) (píngděng) Danish: lighed (da) c. Dutch: gelijkberechtiging Finnish: tasa-arvo, tasa-arvoisuus German: Gleichberechtigung (de) f. Japanese: 平等 (ja) (びょうどう, byōdō)

Korean: 평등 (ko) (pyeongdeung) (平等 (ko)) Macedonian: рамноправност (mk) (ramnoprávnost) f. Portuguese: eqüidade f., igualdade f. Russian: равноправие (ru) (ravnoprávije) n., равенство (ru) (rávenstvo) n. Spanish: igualdad (es) f. Swahili: usawa (sw) Swedish: likabehandling c., jämlikhet (sv) c. Vietnamese: sự bình đẳng (vi)

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Italian: uguaglianza (it) f.

Swedish: jämlikhet