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social justice en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Fairness in society.
    • The second challenge surfaces when we consider what it means to practice social justice. Generally, because most people see themselves as valuing social justice, most people also see themselves as acting justly in their lives. In response to questions about how they practice social justice, many would say that they treat everyone the same without regard to differences; because they do this, their actions are aligned with their values. 2017, Özlem Sensoy, Robin DiAngelo, Is Everyone Really Equal?: An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice, Teachers College Press, page xx:
    • The leisure class enjoyed advantages for which there was no basis in social justice; this necessarily made it oppressive, limited its sympathies, and caused it to invent theories by which to justify its privileges. 1932, Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness
    • Our hope for creative living lies in our ability to re-establish the spiritual ends of our lives in personal character and social justice. 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., “The Man Who Was a Fool”, in Strength to Love, New York: Pocket Books, published 1964, →OCLC, page 70:

Deriveds

social justice warrior

Translations (24)

es justicia social (fairness in society) · de soziale Gerechtigkeit (fairness in society) · hi सामाजिक न्याय (fairness in society) · ka სოციალური სამართლიანობა (fairness in society) · fr justice sociale (fairness in society) · ia justitia social (fairness in society) · nl sociale gerechtigheid (fairness in society) · fi yhteiskunnallinen oikeudenmukaisuus (fairness in society) · id keadilan sosial (fairness in society) · eo socia justeco (fairness in society) · tr sosyal adalet (fairness in society) · yi געזעלשאַפֿטלעכער יושר (fairness in society) · it giustizia sociale (fairness in society) · cmn 社會正義 /社会正义 (fairness in society) · gl xustiza social (fairness in society) · nl sociale rechtvaardigheid (fairness in society) · uk соціальна справедливість (fairness in society) · io justeso sociala (fairness in society) · pl sprawiedliwość społeczna (fairness in society) · ru социальная справедливость (fairness in society) · el κοινωνική δικαιοσύνη (fairness in society) · pt justiça social (fairness in society) · ja 社会正義 (fairness in society) · he צֶדֶק חֶבְרָתִי (fairness in society)