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Equality may refer to:
Social concepts
- Egalitarianism
Egalitarianism has two distinct definitions in modern English. It is defined either as a political doctrine that holds that all people should be treated as equals and have the same political, economic, social, and civil rights or as a social philosophy advocating the removal of economic...
, the belief that all/some people ought to be treated equally
- Equality before the law
Equality before the law or equality under the law or legal egalitarianism is the principle under which each individual is subject to the same laws, with no individual or group having special legal privileges. Legal egalitarianism admits no class structures entail separate legal practices...
- Equal opportunity
Equality of opportunity, sometimes known as Equal Opportunity, is a term which has differing definitions and there is no consensus as to the precise meaning...
- Equality of outcome
Equality of outcome or equality of condition is a form of social justice rhetoric which seeks to reduce or eliminate incidental inequalities in material condition between individuals or households in a society...
or equality of condition
- Gender equality
Gender equality is the goal of the equality of the genders or the sexes, stemming from a belief in the injustice of myriad forms of gender inequality....
- Racial equality
Racial equality refers to social equality for people of different races. It is a stated goal of most current political movements. The divergence of any particular society from a state of racial equality is often contested by members of that society of different races.-See...
(disambiguation)
- Social equality
Social equality is a social state of affairs in which all people within a specific society or isolated group have the same status in a certain respect. At the very least, social equality includes equal rights under the law, such as security, voting rights, freedom of speech and assembly, and the...
Mathematics and computing
- Congruence (geometry)
In geometry, two sets of points are called congruent if, and only if, one can be transformed into the other by an isometry, i.e., a combination of translations, rotations and reflections...
- Equality (mathematics)
Equality, or more formally the identity relation, is the binary relation on a set X defined by .The identity relation is the paradigmatic example of the more general concept of an equivalence relation on a set: those binary relations which are reflexive, symmetric, and transitive. The relation of...
- Equality (relational operator), a common operator used in programming languages
Novels
- Equality; or, A History of Lithconia
Equality; or, A History of Lithconia is a utopian fantasy novel. It is the first American utopian novel. The author is unknown, though Donald H. Tuck speculates that it could be Dr. James Reynolds, a zealous liberal crusader. The novel was originally serialized in 8 parts in the weekly...
, an 1802 American serial collected as a novel in 1837
- Equality (book)
Equality is a utopian novel by Edward Bellamy, and the sequel to Looking Backward: 2000–1887 and was first published in 1897. The book contains a minimal amount of plot; Bellamy primarily used Equality to expand on the theories he first explored in Looking Backward.-Synopsis:The story takes up...
, an 1897 novel by Edward Bellamy, sequel to Looking Backward
Book
- Equality by RH Tawney (1931), an argument for an egalitarian society.
Places
- Equality, Alabama located in Elmore County, Alabama
Elmore County is a county of the State of Alabama. Its name is in honor of General John A. Elmore. As of 2000 its population was 65,874. Its county seat is Wetumpka.This county is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Area.-Economy:...
- Equality, Illinois
Equality is a village in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 721 at the 2000 census. Near the village are two points of interest, the Crenshaw House and the Garden of the Gods Wilderness.-History:...
See also
- Equal
Equal commonly refers to a state of equality.Equal or equals may also refer to:* Equal , a brand of artificial sweetener* EQUAL Community Initiative, an initiative within the European Social Fund of the European Union...
(disambiguation)
- Equity (disambiguation)
- Social inequality
Social inequality refers to a lack of social equality, where individuals in a society do not have equal social status. Instances that may involve being socially unequal include property rights, voting rights, freedom of speech and assembly, access to health care, and education as well as many...