Dictionary

egalitarian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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

From French égalitaire + -ian.

Meanings

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. 2005, Sharon Grehan, Random Acts of Malice, page 56:

Forms

Deriveds

antiegalitarian · egalitarianist · legalitarian · nonegalitarian · egalitarianistic · unegalitarian · transegalitarian · egalitarianism

Synonyms

equalitarian

Translations (26)

fr égalitaire (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · pl równościowy (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · sv egalitär (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · es igualitario (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · tr eşitlikçi (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · nl egalitair (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · de egalitär (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · he שוויוני (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · it egualitario (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · da egalitær (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · uk егаліта́рний (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · ru уравни́тельный (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · is jafnréttis- (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · ca igualitari (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · fi tasa-arvoinen (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · ru эгалита́рный (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · pt igualitário (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · cmn 平均主義的 /平均主义的 (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · cs rovnostářský (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · no egalitær (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · cmn 平等主義的 /平等主义的 (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · fi egalitaarinen (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · gl igualitario (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · pl egalitarny (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · ro egalitar (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people) · hi समानतावादी (characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people)

egalitarian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛɹ.i.ən/ (US)
• /ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From French égalitaire + -ian.

Meanings

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. 2002, Barry Strauss, Fathers and Sons in Athens: Ideology and Society in the Era of the Peloponnesian War, →ISBN:

Forms

Synonyms

equalitarian

Translations (12)

it egualitario (person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people) · pt igualitário (person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people) · ru побо́рник равноправия (person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people) · tr eşitlikçi (person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people) · is jafnréttissinni (person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people) · uk егалітарист (person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people) · de Egalitaristin (person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people) · de Egalitarist (person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people) · ru сторо́нник эгалитаризма (person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people) · ru эгалитарист (person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people) · no egalitarist (person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people) · fr égalitaire (person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people)