Equality generally refers to the fact of being equal, of having the same value.

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In specific contexts, equality may refer to:

Society

  • Egalitarianism, a trend of thought that favors equality for all people
  • Political egalitarianism, in which all members of a society are of equal standing
  • Equal opportunity, a stipulation that all people should be treated similarly
  • Equality of outcome, in which the general conditions of people's lives are similar
  • Substantive equality, equality of outcome for groups
  • For specific groups:
  • Gender equality
  • Racial equality
  • Social equality, in which all people within a group have the same status
  • Economic inequality
  • Equality Party (disambiguation), several political parties
  • Consociationalism, in which an ethnically, religiously, or linguistically divided state functions by cooperation of each group's elites

Law

  • Equality before the law, the principle under which all people are subject to the same laws
  • Equality Act (disambiguation), several pieces of legislation

Mathematics and logic

  • Equality (mathematics), the relationship between expressions that represent the same value or mathematical object
  • Equals sign, =
  • Logical equality

==Places== <!-- Courtesy note per RSECT: Equality (place) links here, for technical reasons (IW links) -->

  • Equality, Alabama, an unincorporated community
  • Equality Township, Gallatin County, Illinois
  • Equality, Illinois, a village
  • Equality Township, Red Lake County, Minnesota
  • Equality Colony, an American socialist colony founded in 1897 in Washington state

Arts and entertainment

  • Equality (film), a 2010 American documentary short film by Al Sutton
  • Equality (novel), an 1897 utopian novel by Edward Bellamy
  • Equality; or, A History of Lithconia, an 1837 utopian fantasy novel by an anonymous author

See also

  • Equal (disambiguation)
  • Inequality (disambiguation)
  • Equity (disambiguation)
  • Liberté, égalité, fraternité (liberty, equality, fraternity), motto of the French Revolution