egalitarian

See also: égalitarian

English

WOTD – 24 May 2010

Alternative forms

• égalitarian

Etymology

From French égalitaire + -ian.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛɹ.i.ən/

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Adjective

egalitarian (comparative more egalitarian, superlative most egalitarian)

1. Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.
   • 2005, Sharon Grehan, Random Acts of Malice, page 56:

     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.

Synonyms

• equalitarian

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people

• Catalan: igualitari
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 平等主義的／平等主义的 (píngděngzhǔyì de), 平均主義的／平均主义的 (píngjūnzhǔyì de)

• Czech: rovnostářský
• Danish: egalitær (da)
• Dutch: egalitair (nl)
• Finnish: tasa-arvoinen (fi), egalitaarinen
• French: égalitaire (fr)
• Galician: igualitario m
• German: egalitär (de)
• Hebrew: שוויוני m (shivyoní)
• Hindi: समानतावादी (samāntāvādī)
• Icelandic: jafnréttis- (is)
• Italian: egualitario (it)
• Norwegian: egalitær
• Portuguese: igualitário (pt)
• Russian: уравни́тельный (ru) (uravnítelʹnyj), (literary) эгалита́рный (ru) (egalitárnyj)
• Spanish: igualitario (es)
• Swedish: egalitär (sv)
• Turkish: eşitlikçi
• Ukrainian: егаліта́рний (ehalitárnyj)

Noun

egalitarian (plural egalitarians)

1. A person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people.
   • 2002, Barry Strauss, Fathers and Sons in Athens: Ideology and Society in the Era of the Peloponnesian War, →ISBN:

     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.

Synonyms

• equalitarian

Translations

person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 平等主義者／平等主义者 (píngděngzhǔyìzhě)

• French: égalitaire (fr)
• German: Egalitarist m, Egalitaristin f
• Icelandic: jafnréttissinni m
• Italian: egualitario (it) m
• Norwegian: egalitarist m
• Portuguese: igualitário (pt) m
• Russian: эгалитарист (ru) m (egalitarist), побо́рник равноправия (pobórnik ravnopravija), сторо́нник эгалитаризма (storónnik egalitarizma)
• Turkish: eşitlikçi
• Ukrainian: егалітарист (ehalitaryst)