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egalitarian

[ih-gal-i-tair-ee-uhn] / ɪˌgæl ɪˈtɛər i ən /


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The problem — and the beauty — of Social Security is that it was conceived as an egalitarian system.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

The DSA prides itself as being uber egalitarian.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

That means that the public must have egalitarian, accessible, and effective channels to influence the law and policy that interpret, reflect, and shape constitutional meaning.

From Slate Jul. 20, 2026

L.A. was where he had come of age, and it remained an indelible part of his life and psyche — not least in terms of its egalitarian spirit and its tendency toward the horizontal.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Because modern-day hunter-gatherers in Africa live in egalitarian bands that constantly move from place to place, archaeologists assumed that Native American hunter-gatherers must also have done so.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

But Masur’s monumental account leaves no doubt that a generation of 19th-century racial egalitarians altered history.

From Washington Post Apr. 22, 2021

By categorizing people as lucky or unlucky, she argued, these egalitarians set up a moralizing hierarchy.

From The New Yorker Dec. 31, 2018

In this sense, we are all egalitarians, Republicans and Democrats alike.

From Salon Nov. 25, 2015

Should such a movement take back feminism — or, as the new egalitarians suggest, give up on the label altogether because of its inherent connotations of advocating for women only?

From Time Jul. 24, 2014

There were even a few egalitarians who claimed for all classes a democratic régime.

From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith




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