egalitarian

World History

(noun)

Believing in the principle that all people are equal.

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U.S. History

(adjective)

Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.

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Examples of egalitarian in the following topics:

  • An Overview of U.S. Values

    • Despite certain consistent values (e.g. individualism, egalitarianism, freedom, democracy), American culture has a variety of expressions.
    • Aside from certain consistent ideological principles (e.g. individualism, egalitarianism and faith in freedom and democracy), American culture's geographical scale and demographic diversity has spawned a variety of expressions.
  • The Valdivia Culture

    • They were a sedentary, egalitarian people, known for their early use of pottery, and feminine ceramic figures.
    • They were sedentary, egalitarian people who lived off farming and fishing, and occasional deer hunting.
  • Free Textbooks

    • According to the OER Consortium, the "Open Educational Resources (OER) movement encourages the creation and reuse of free textbooks, high-quality content and open source learning systems to replace expensive and proprietary systems. " The OER movement is often inspired by an egalitarian ideal and the belief that the Internet has made universal access to high-quality education possible.
    • The OER (Open Educational Resources) movement is inspired by an egalitarian ideal and the belief that the Internet has made universal access to high-quality education possible.
  • Democracy

    • Democracy is an egalitarian form of government in which all the citizens of a nation together determine policy, laws, and state actions.
    • Democracy is an egalitarian form of government in which all the citizens of a nation together determine public policy, the laws, and the actions of their state.
    • Although no country has ever granted all its citizens (i.e. including minors) the vote, most countries today hold regular elections based on egalitarian principles, at least in theory.
  • Theories of Democracy

    • Democracy, or rule by the people, is an egalitarian form of government in which all the citizens of a nation determine public policy, the laws, and the actions of their state together.
    • Although no country has ever granted all its citizens the right to vote, most countries today hold regular elections based on egalitarian principles, at least in theory.
  • Athenian Society

    • Classical Athenian society was structured as a democratic patriarchy that strived towards egalitarian ideals.
  • Social Classes in the Colonies

  • Marx's View of Class Differentiation

    • Eventually, however, Marx believed the capitalist economic order would erode, through its own internal conflict; this would lead to revolutionary consciousness and the development of egalitarian communist society.
  • Leadership

    • Some traditional leadership systems were relatively egalitarian.
    • In places where traditional rule had been fairly decentralized and egalitarian, such as regions inhabited by the Igbo, the British introduced new centralized leadership systems and incorporated their own "traditional leaders. " In most cases, European colonizers disregarded native political and cultural systems, influencing current systems or imposing new systems upon people under their military control.
  • From Political Values to Ideology

    • Most often, Americans claim to be committed to the core values of individualism and egalitarianism.
    • They believe that the political and economic systems that have evolved in this country are perfectly suited in principle to permit both individualism and egalitarianism.
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