equality

Definition

The fact of being equal.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French equalité (modern French égalité), from Latin aequālitās, aequālitātem. Doublet of equity. By surface analysis, equal + -ity

Example Sentences

• "The most powerful of these general ideas which have shaped political development in recent times is of course the ideal of material equality."
• "I think somebody asked me the other day when I was holding a conference over here at the library if a woman could be President of the United States. Well I said they've taken over everything else in the world, why not that? [Laughter] And that wouldn't surprise me if it doesn't happen one of these days because the country believes in equality."
• "Jefferson was talking about the equality of natural human rights. You have freedom, and I have freedom. You and I have equal rights to freedom."

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