adj. Affirming, promoting, or characterized by belief in equal political, economic, social, and civil rights for all people. [From French égalitaire, from égalité, equality, from Latin aequālitās, from aequālis, equal; see EQUAL.] e·gal′i·tari·an n. e·gal′i·tari·an·ism n. |
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