Definition of EQUALITY

equality

Meanings

Plural: equalities

Noun

  • the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status
  • a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
  • The fact of being equal.
  • The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
  • The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.

Origin / Etymology

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

Antonyms

difference, discrimination, hierarchy, inequality, nonequivilence, pecking order

Scrabble Score: 20

equality is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 21

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