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

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adjective

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This makes Celtic Britain appear more egalitarian compared to the patriarchal Roman world. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 There was a time when shirts from Brooks Brothers were like cans of Coca-Cola: invariably perfect, egalitarian, and best purchased by the dozen. airmail.news, 7 Nov. 2024 One of Callard’s points is that good Socratic thinking requires an egalitarian context—one in which two people can talk openly, frankly, mind to mind. Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025 Staying true to his egalitarian platform, Jefferson refused. Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for egalitarian

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“Egalitarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egalitarian. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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