equality mean
collocation in Englishmeaningsofequalityandmean
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equality
noun[U or C]
uk/iˈkwɒl.ə.ti/us/iˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/
the right of different groups of people to have a similar social position and receive the ...
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mean
adjective
uk/miːn/us/miːn/
mainly UK
not willing to give or share things, ...
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(Definition ofequalityandmeanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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To make our own concepts of human dignity andequalitymeananything, those conditions have to be attacked, and that requires great economic expansion.
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Doesequalitymeanequality of material?
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Conventional equality means that one particular equivalence relation is singled out as the equality, while inductive equality - which we also call identity - is inductively defined as the 'smallest reflexive relation'.
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After 18 years of rule by a party that has not the slightest notion of what equality means, there is much to be done.
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True equality means improving the life of women, making their daily lives better, making men and women live better lives from day to day.
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We need to understand what equality means in that part of the world.
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In all those cases, the reference to equality means equality of opportunity and the requirement that individuals are treated fairly.
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Equality means amongst other things that there must be equality for men and women, including in the next generation, that is, our children.
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Religious equality means, not merely the removal of disqualifications, but the abolition of differences.
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I have devoted many years of my academic life to studying what equality means, and it is by no means a simple question.
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Equality means equality in all the burdens of life.
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No, equality means that we all participate in both working life and family life.
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She is confused as to what equality means.
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In my view equality means equality.
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I happen to take the view that the business of equality means that everyone—everyone—is equal before the law, and that we should behave in that way.
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Equality meant that all should be equal before the law and therefore subject to it, even those decisions of a legislature or government administration.
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Sometimes equality means treating people the same, despite their differences, and sometimes it means treating them as equals by accommodating their differences.
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