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egalitarian

adjective

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noun

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L319980 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/ / /ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛɹ.i.ən/

adj

Etymology: From French égalitaire + -ian.

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

    Ladies of yesteryear toured world capitals in sedate linen dresses, but such priggish frumpery hardly presents Americans as the carefree, egalitarian, and sensuous people the viewers of dubbed Baywatch episodes have come to expect.

noun

Etymology: From French égalitaire + -ian.

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

    The Greeks have been variously represented: as aristocrats or democrats, as unravished brides of quietness or sexual misfits in need of a therapist's couch, as narcissists or altruists, as protoracists or open-minded egalitarians.