Definitions

equal opportunity

NOUN

affirmative action

Synonyms

WEAK

anti-discrimination equal rights policy even break fair hiring fair hiring practices fair shake fair treatment limited choice nondiscrimination positive discrimination quota system reverse discrimination

NOUN

equality

Synonyms

STRONGEST

civil rights coordination fairness identity impartiality parity tolerance

STRONG

commensurateness correspondence equatability equilibrium equipoise equivalence evenness homology likeness par parallelism sameness uniformity

WEAK

adequation fair play fair practice fair shake isonomy

Antonyms

STRONG

difference disagreement dissimilarity unlikeness

WEAK

disproportion imbalance inequality unfairness

NOUN

level playing field

Synonyms

WEAK

equal rights equity justice proportion symmetry

Example Sentences

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Just as humans are all the same at birth, they’re alike in death, too, afforded an equal opportunity to find their ideal eternity.

From Salon

It was the first executive civil-rights directive since Reconstruction, and the first federal act to promote equal opportunity in the workplace and prohibit employment discrimination.

From The Wall Street Journal

The FA's own 'Reaching Higher: Women's & Girls' Game Strategy 2024-28' also pledges to "deliver equal opportunities" and "build robust, high-quality competition structures".

From BBC

He added that it could help give "equal opportunity to those who are less fortunate and that the centre can plug that gap for disadvantaged children".

From BBC

It also guarantees that minorities have an equal opportunity “to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice.”

From The Wall Street Journal

equal opportunity

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