Is egalitarian formal or informal?

What's the difference between egalitarian and equal?

Can we use egalitarian for society and workplace?

Is egalitarian common in academic writing?

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egalitarian

/ɪˌɡæl.əˈteə.ri.ən/

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adjective

Believing people should have equal rights and opportunities; treating everyone fairly.

An egalitarian school treats all students with equal respect.
Society here aims for an egalitarian model of fairness.

Adinary Nuance

Near-neighbors: egalitarian is stronger than equal or fair, suggesting systemic fairness rather than similar outcomes. It differs from democratic, which focuses on process, and from libertarian, which emphasizes individual freedom over collective equity.

In other languages

Spanish: igualitario
Japanese: 平等主義の
Korean: 평등주의적인
Vietnamese: phiên vị
Chinese: 平等的

Common phrases

egalitarian societyegalitarian valuesan egalitarian approach

Synonyms

equal fair just level uniform

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