Equality may refer to:
Society
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Egalitarianism, a trend of thought that favors equality for all people
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Political egalitarianism
Political equality is the quality of a society whose voluntary members are of equal standing in terms of political power or influence. A founding principle of various forms of democracy, political egalitarianism was an idea which was supported by T ...
, in which all members of a society are of equal standing
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Equal opportunity, a stipulation that all people should be treated similarly
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Equality of outcome, in which the general conditions of people's lives are similar
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Gender equality
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Racial equality
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Social equality, in which all people within a group have the same status
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Economic inequality
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Equality Party (disambiguation), several political parties
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Consociationalism, in which an ethnically, religiously, or linguistically divided state functions by cooperation of each group's elites
Law
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Equality before the law
Equality before the law, also known as equality under the law, equality in the eyes of the law, legal equality, or legal egalitarianism, is the principle that all people must be equally protected by the law. The principle requires a systematic ru ...
, the principle under which all people are subject to the same laws
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Equality Act (disambiguation) Equality Act may refer to:
* Equality Act 2006, an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, a precursor to the Equality Act 2010
* Equality Act 2010, an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, with the same goals as the four major EU Equal Treatme ...
, several pieces of legislation
Mathematics and logic
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Equality (mathematics), the relationship between expressions that represent the same value or mathematical object
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Equals sign, =
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Logical equality
Places
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Equality, Alabama, an unincorporated community
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Equality Township, Gallatin County, Illinois
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Equality, Illinois, a village
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Equality Township, Red Lake County, Minnesota
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Equality Colony, an American socialist colony founded in 1897 in Washington state
Arts and entertainment
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''Equality'' (film), a 2010 American documentary short film by Al Sutton
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''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
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Equal (disambiguation)
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Inequality (disambiguation)
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Equity (disambiguation)
Equity may refer to:
Finance, accounting and ownership
*Equity (finance), ownership of assets that have liabilities attached to them
** Stock, equity based on original contributions of cash or other value to a business
** Home equity, the diffe ...
* ''
Liberté, égalité, fraternité'' (liberty, equality, fraternity), motto of the French Revolution
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