egalitarian

adjective

egal·​i·​tar·​i·​an i-ˌga-lə-ˈter-ē-ən 

: asserting, promoting, or marked by egalitarianism

egalitarian noun

Examples of egalitarian in a Sentence

egalitarian policies for the redistribution of wealth

Recent Examples on the Web

The drive to be an egalitarian and the drive to be an elite don’t sit easily with each other. —Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Nov. 2024

Closed models are safer, but open models are more egalitarian. —John Werner, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024

Other individualistic cultures, like the British, are much more egalitarian in their individuality, according to Michele Gelfand, a Stanford cross-cultural psychologist, formerly of the University of Maryland, College Park. —K. Ward Cummings, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2024

Such conventional wisdom holds that each successive generation will become more egalitarian and enjoy more opportunities than the last. —Marianne Cooper, Harvard Business Review, 1 Nov. 2024

Word History

Etymology

French égalitaire, from égalité equality, from Latin aequalitat-, aequalitas, from aequalis equal

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing egalitarian

• anti-egalitarian