egalitarian

noun
🔊/iˌɡælɪˈteəriən/
🔊/iˌɡælɪˈteriən/
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  1. a person who believes that everyone is equal and should have the same rights and opportunities主张人人平等的;平等主义的
    • He described himself as ‘an egalitarian’.他自称为 “平等主义者”。🔊🔊
    Topics Social issuesc2, Politicsc2

egalitarian

adjective
🔊/iˌɡælɪˈteəriən/
🔊/iˌɡælɪˈteriən/
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  1. based on, or holding, the belief that everyone is equal and should have the same rights and opportunities主张人人平等的;平等主义的
    • an egalitarian society一个人人平等的社会
    • a highly egalitarian system of taxation高度平等的税收制度
    Topics Social issuesc2, Politicsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryEgalitarian is used with these nouns:
    • distribution
    • society
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French égalitaire, from égal ‘equal’, from Latin aequalis, from aequus ‘even, level, equal’.