# equality

Pronunciation: US say "i-KWAH-li-tee" /ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ti/; UK say "i-KWOL-i-tee" /ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/

## Noun

1. Treatment of people that is the same for everyone, regardless of social or cultural differences.
   - Simple: Fair treatment of all people, no matter their background or culture.
   - _Activists campaigned for racial equality across schools and public services._
   - _The new law was meant to guarantee equality of opportunity for every citizen._
2. The condition of being equal in quantity, status, or worth.
   - Simple: The state of being the same in amount, size, or value.
   - _The treaty established equality among all member nations._
   - _Negotiators insisted on equality between the two parties before signing._
3. The relationship between two quantities that have the same value.
   - Simple: When two things have exactly the same value or amount.
   - _The equality between the two expressions holds for every value of x._
   - _Proving the equality required showing both quantities reduced to the same number._

## Origin

Borrowed from Middle French "equalité" (modern French "égalité"), from Latin "aequālitās." It is a doublet of "equity," and by surface analysis it is "equal" plus "-ity."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/equality (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).