Definitions

equal opportunity

NOUN

affirmative action

Synonyms

WEAK

anti-discrimination equal rights policy even break fair hiring fair hiring practices fair shake fair treatment limited choice nondiscrimination positive discrimination quota system reverse discrimination

NOUN

equality

Synonyms

STRONGEST

civil rights coordination fairness identity impartiality parity tolerance

STRONG

commensurateness correspondence equatability equilibrium equipoise equivalence evenness homology likeness par parallelism sameness uniformity

WEAK

adequation fair play fair practice fair shake isonomy

Antonyms

STRONG

difference disagreement dissimilarity unlikeness

WEAK

disproportion imbalance inequality unfairness

NOUN

level playing field

Synonyms

WEAK

equal rights equity justice proportion symmetry

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And the VRA requires that racial minorities be given an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

Rice, no protofeminist, was an equal opportunity misanthrope in “The Adding Machine.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

It was the first executive civil-rights directive since Reconstruction, and the first federal act to promote equal opportunity in the workplace and prohibit employment discrimination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

He added that it could help give "equal opportunity to those who are less fortunate and that the centre can plug that gap for disadvantaged children".

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

Class contradicts their assumptions about the American dream, equal opportunity, and the reasons for their own successes and even failures.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

equal opportunity

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