equality

Main Entry:
equality [ih-kwol-i-tee]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: similarity, balance; egalitarianism
Synonyms: adequation, civil rights, commensurateness, coordination, correspondence, equal opportunity, equatability, equilibrium, equipoise, equivalence, evenness, fair play, fair practice, fair shake, fairness, homology, identity, impartiality, isonomy, likeness, par, parallelism, parity, sameness, tolerance, uniformity
Antonyms: difference, disproportion, dissimilarity, imbalance, inequality, unfairness
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: [Sameness of quantity or degree] Equality.
Category: 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY
Synonyms:
-nouns
equality, parity, coextension, symmetry, balance, poise; evenness, monotony, level., equivalence; equipollence, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance; par, quits, a wash; not a pin to choose; distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other; tweedle dee and tweedle dum; identity; similarity., equalization, equation; equilibration, coordination, adjustment, readjustment., drawn game, drawn battle; neck and neck race; tie, draw, standoff, dead heat., match, peer, compeer, equal, mate, fellow, brother; equivalent.
-verbs
be equal; equal, match, reach, keep pace with, run abreast; come to, amount to, come up to; be on a level with, lie on a level with; balance; cope with; come to the same thing., render equal; equalize, level, dress, balance, equate, handicap, give points, spot points, handicap, trim, adjust, poise; fit, accommodate; adapt (render accordant); strike a balance; establish equality, restore equality, restore equilibrium; readjust; stretch on the bed of Procrustes.
-adjectives
equal, even, level, monotonous, coequal, symmetrical, coordinate; on a par with, on a level with, on a footing with; up to the mark; equiparant., equivalent, tantamount; indistinguishable; quits; homologous; synonymous; resolvable into, convertible, much at one, as broad as long, neither more nor less; much the same as, the same thing as, as good as; all one, all the same; equipollent, equiponderant, equiponderous, equibalanced; equalized; drawn; half and half; isochronal, isochronous, isoperimetric, isoperimetrical; isobath, isobathic.
-adverbs
equally; pari passu, ad eundum, caeteris paribus; in equilibrio; to all intents and purposes.
-phrases
it comes to the same thing, it amounts to the same thing; what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Antonyms: inequality
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Main Entry: democracy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: government in which people participate
Synonyms: commonwealth, egalitarianism, emancipation, equalitarianism, equality, freedom, justice, liberal government, representative government, republic, suffrage
Notes: a democracy is confined to a small spot while a republic is extended over a large region
Main Entry: equivalence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sameness, similarity
Synonyms: adequation, agreement, alikeness, compatibility, conformity, correlation, correspondence, equality, evenness, exchangeability, identity, interchangeability, interchangeableness, likeness, match, par, parallel, parity, synonym, synonymy
Antonyms: difference, dissimilarity, inequality, unlikeness
Main Entry: identity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: similarity, correspondence
Synonyms: accord, agreement, congruence, congruity, empathy, equality, equivalence, identicalness, likeness, oneness, rapport, resemblance, sameness, selfsameness, semblance, similitude, unanimity, uniformity, unity
Antonyms: difference, dissimilarity, opposition
Main Entry: likeness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: correspondence in appearance; something that corresponds
Synonyms: Xerox, affinity, agreement, alikeness, analogousness, analogy, appearance, carbon, clone, comparableness, comparison, conformity, copy, counterpart, dead ringer, delineation, depiction, ditto*, double, effigy, equality, equivalence, facsimile, form, guise, identicalness, identity, image, knock-off, lookalike, model, parallelism, photocopy, photograph, picture, portrait, replica, representation, reproduction, resemblance, sameness, semblance, similarity, simile, similitude, study, uniformity
Antonyms: difference, dissimilarity, unlikeness
Main Entry: objectivity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: impartiality
Synonyms: detachment, disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, equality, equitableness, indifference, neutrality, open-mindedness
Main Entry: par
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: average, equilibrium
Synonyms: adequation, balance, coequality, criterion, equal footing, equality, equatability, equivalence, equivalency, level, mean, median, model, norm, parity, sameness, standard, usual
Antonyms: extreme
Main Entry: sameness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: likeness, similarity
Synonyms: adequation, alikeness, analogy, equality, equivalency, identicalness, identity, indistinguishability, monotony, no difference, oneness, par, parity, predictability, repetition, resemblance, selfsameness, standardization, tedium, uniformity, unison, unity, unvariedness
Antonyms: difference, dissimilarity, variableness, variety
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