equalitarianism

the principle that every person has the same fundamental worth and therefore deserves identical rights, fair treatment, and equal opportunities within a society.

• egalitarianism

  identical in meaning; this is the more common spelling in most modern English contexts

• egalitarian principle

  used when referring to the doctrine as a single guiding idea rather than a belief system

• equalitarianism doctrine

  emphasises the formal, ideological nature of the belief

• elitism

  the belief that a select group of people should have more power or advantages than others

• inequality

  the state of being unequal, especially in social or economic terms — not a belief system, but the opposite condition