equality

Meaning

Noun

• The fact of being equal.
• The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
• The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.

Related

Similar words

• (fact of being equal): equivalence parity

Opposite words

• (fact of being equal): difference, inequality, nonequivilence
• (equal treatment of people): discrimination, inequality

Origin

• Borrowed from Middle French equalité (modern French égalité), from Latin aequalitas. equity.
• Morphologically equal + -ity