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| American dream |
the American ideal that any man or woman may obtain material wealth, equality, freedom, and the like. |
| Bahai |
a modern Iranian religion that is based on a doctrine of universal brotherhood, the equality of the sexes, and total religious tolerance. |
| democracy |
the principles of social equality as exercised by the people in a society. [1/3 definitions] |
| democratic |
having or promoting social, economic, and political equality. [1/3 definitions] |
| democratize |
to make or become more strongly marked by social, economic, and political equality. |
| equalitarian |
a believer in the doctrine of human equality; egalitarian. [1/2 definitions] |
| equation |
in mathematics, a statement using an equal sign to assert the equality of two quantities or expressions. [1/4 definitions] |
| equivalence |
the state, fact, or condition of being equal in value, amount, importance, or the like; equality. |
| par |
a condition of equality in amount, degree, quality, or the like; level. [1/7 definitions] |
| parity |
equality in amount, status, strength, or the like. [1/4 definitions] |
| Sojourner Truth |
American evangelist, abolitionist, orator, and women's rights activist. An African American woman, Sojourner Truth had been enslaved before going on to become an evangelist as well as a moving and persuasive speaker on the subject of racial and gender equality; born Isabella Baumfree (b. 1797?--d. 1883). |
| tie |
equality of scores between competitors. [1/15 definitions] |
| tokenism |
the policy or practice of making only minimal or symbolic efforts to achieve some social or political goal such as racial integration or sex equality. |
| tossup |
an equality of likelihood; even choice or chance. |
| trial balance |
in double-entry bookkeeping, a statement of all open debit and credit balances, usu. made to test their equality before a final statement is issued. |
| women's liberation |
an international movement that seeks to achieve for all women full social, economic, and political equality with men. |
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