inequalities

NOUN

prejudice; lack of balance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bias difference discrimination disparity diversity injustice unfairness

STRONG

asperity contrast disproportion dissimilarity dissimilitude irregularity partisanship roughness unevenness unjustness variation

WEAK

imparity incommensurateness one-sidedness preferentiality unequivalence

Antonyms

STRONGEST

alikeness equality fairness impartiality likeness sameness similarity uniformity

STRONG

agreement evenness kindness regularity

WEAK

balance

Example Sentences

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"Inequalities, including gender, are key drivers of biodiversity loss. CBI could enable communities to pursue their own visions of a good life and avoid exploitation by extractive industries."

From Salon • May 19, 2023

“Our world is in big trouble. Divides are growing deeper. Inequalities are growing wider. Challenges are spreading farther,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday morning as he opened the general debate at the 77th U.N.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2022

“Divides are growing deeper. Inequalities are growing wider, and challenges are spreading farther.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 20, 2022

In 1999′s “Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues,” he explored how poverty drives infectious disease and ill health, especially multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, or MDRTB, and HIV.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2022

I emailed to thank him for Infections and Inequalities and promised to read his earlier books.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French