equality

== English == === Alternative forms === æquality (archaic) === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French equalité (modern French égalité), from Latin aequālitās, aequālitātem. Doublet of equity. By surface analysis, equal +‎ -ity === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/ (US) enPR: ĭʹkwŏ-lĭ-tē IPA(key): /ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ti/, [ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ɾi] (Indic) IPA(key): /ikwɔlɪʈi/ === Noun === equality (usually uncountable, plural equalities) The fact of being equal. (mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value. (Can we add an example for this sense?) The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences. ==== Synonyms ==== (fact of being equal): equivalence, parity ==== Antonyms ==== (fact of being equal): difference, inequality, nonequivalence (equal treatment of people): discrimination, inequality (societal structure): pecking order, hierarchy, inequality ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (social, legal): === References === “equality”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. equality in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. Raymond Williams (1983), “Equality”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 117. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “equality”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.