Egalitarian Meaning
/ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjCharacterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.
nounA person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people.
Sentence Examples
The egalitarian society values equality above all.
She believed in an egalitarian distribution of wealth.
The community was built on egalitarian principles of shared responsibility.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The community adopted an ____ policy giving every member one equal vote.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ society values equality above all.
Word Origin & History
From French égalitaire + -ian.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The community adopted an ____ policy giving every member one equal vote.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ society values equality above all.