egalitarian 1 of 2

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

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egalitarian

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adjective

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Recent Examples of egalitarian
Adjective
The Celtics’ egalitarian attack relied on aggression from an onslaught of ballhandlers, which spread the love. Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 Not everyone welcomed the liberal, more egalitarian states that emerged from the French and American Revolutions. Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 Between the two extremes was a social democratic majority that demanded a more egalitarian society without necessarily calling for a revolution. Kornel Chang september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025 Unlike therapy, where caution and hierarchy prevail, Dubin finds coaching to be a more egalitarian space. Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for egalitarian
Recent Examples of Synonyms for egalitarian
Noun
  • International solidarity from global institutions, like European Union support for democrats in Belarus or Georgia, or online movements, like the Milk Tea Alliance across Southeast Asia, can bolster efforts.
    Shelley Inglis, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2025
  • For Iranian democrats, however, the international climate could hardly be less favorable.
    Karim Sadjadpour, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Before Hasina’s ouster, the United States didn’t do much to check the course of democratic backsliding in Bangladesh.
    MUHIB RAHMAN, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
  • At the time, some human rights experts voiced concerns that his presidency risked backsliding on the democratic gains made since Suharto’s authoritarian regime.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025

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“Egalitarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egalitarian. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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