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Definition of egalitariannext
as in democrat
one who advocates or practices social equality as egalitarians, they have always promoted policies for equal pay

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adjective

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Recent Examples of egalitarian
Adjective
But he was intrigued by reports of Indigenous American systems of egalitarian land use. Will Glovinsky, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026 The Anabaptists were a radical nonconformist sect that took the egalitarian, pacifist, and renunciatory injunctions of the Bible seriously and tried to organize communal living, before being ruthlessly persecuted by the authorities and other Protestant sects. Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026 There’s an egalitarian approach … and there’s something kind of pure and wonderful about that. Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026 Compensation in Vietnam was more egalitarian. Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for egalitarian
Recent Examples of Synonyms for egalitarian
Noun
  • There are currently 217 republicans, 212 democrats, one independent and five vacancies in the House.
    Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Mamdani, a democratic socialist, and Menin, a moderate democrat, have developed an antagonistic relationship in their first months of leadership.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • But the king said despite the fundamental disagreement between the countries, the United States inherited its democratic values from the United Kingdom.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Yet in the past, many of us still looked with a certain envy at the strength of the country’s institutions, the independence of its media, and the willingness of its citizens to engage in democratic life.
    Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026

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“Egalitarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egalitarian. Accessed 9 May. 2026.

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