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equalitarianism en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English equalitarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English equalitarianism From equalitarian + -ism.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Egalitarianism.
   • 1962, "She Was Eleanor" (obituary of Eleanor Roosevelt), Time, 16 Nov., All of her strivings and all of her little lectures and admonitions would add up to a U.S. in which all were equal. . . . She was until the day of her death the most effective advocate of welfare-state equalitarianism.

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