coequal
adjective
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Pronunciation: /kəʊˈiːkwəl/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English coequalle, from Latin coaequālis; equivalent to co- + equal.
- Equal to each other in size, rank or position.
“ſince they meaſure our deſerts so meane, That in conceit beare Empires on our ſpeares, Affecting thoughts coequall with the cloudes, They ſhalbe kept our forced followers, Til with their eies they view vs Emperours.”
“Mr. Blinken stressed that point on Monday. “The speaker will make her own decisions about whether or not to visit Taiwan,” he said. “Congress is an independent, coequal branch of government. The decision is entirely the speaker’s.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English coequalle, from Latin coaequālis; equivalent to co- + equal.
- An equal person or thing.
“The British desire to see ourselves as co-equals with the Americans (forgetting not just the French but the Canadians, Australians, Indians, Dutch and other forces who took part in the invasion) persists in defiance of the realities of 1944.”
“If AI and robots really are going to augment human work rather than simply replace it, then it needs to be on terms that maximise human skills like empathy, creativity, playfulness and ethics, not just in the sense of leaving humans coequals with the technology or, worse still, its subordinates.”