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egalitarian

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


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Exclusive spaces didn’t fit with the airline’s egalitarian ethos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

During his reign, the Norwegian monarchy became more egalitarian and transparent with finances and health, Ole-Jørgen Schulsrud-Hansen, historian and TV2 royal correspondent, told the BBC.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 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

Although Hopewell villages were as small as those of their more egalitarian neighbors, they were stratified, with priesdy rulers controlling the rest of the populace.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

I can honestly say, having worked with him and getting to know him, he is one of the true egalitarians we have in this world.

From Salon ● May 9, 2025

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

Geeks are not necessarily egalitarians – far from it.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2013

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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