egalitarianism
noun
- trend of thought that favors equality for all people
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English egalitarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English egalitarianism From egalitarian + -ism.
- The political doctrine that holds that all people in a society should have equal rights from birth.
“The gap between rich and poor is growing in ways that mock American middle-class egalitarianism.”