egalitarian

(adjective)

Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.

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Examples of egalitarian in the following topics:

  • Social Classes in the Colonies

  • Bankers and Lawyers

    • His egalitarian rhetoric allowed him to cast himself as the people's tribune against the moneyed elite and their tools in government, introducing an enduring theme in American politics.
  • Georgia

    • In Savannah, the Oglethorpe Plan provided for a utopia: “an agrarian model of sustenance while sustaining egalitarian values holding all men as equal.”
  • Slavery in the South

    • In Savannah, the Oglethorpe Plan provided for a utopia: “an agrarian model of sustenance while sustaining egalitarian values holding all men as equal.”
  • The Diversity of Workers

    • Although the Federation preached a policy of egalitarianism with regard to African American workers, it actively discriminated against black workers.
  • The Election of 1968

    • On civil rights, Nixon framed his policies as racially egalitarian, stating his opposition to forced desegregation of schools, but citing improved education as the key to equality.
  • Social Justice

    • In general, it targeted privilege, unfair wealth gaps, poverty, irresponsible administration, and all forms of social and political corruption, which Progressives believed were retarding the expansion and growth of a more egalitarian, democratic nation.
  • AFL and WWI

    • Although the Federation preached a policy of egalitarianism in regard to African American workers, in reality, it actively discriminated against black workers.
  • Agricultural Settlements and Chiefdoms

    • The earliest peoples of North and Central America banded together in egalitarian, extended-family groups, living by hunting and gathering.
  • The Bank War and Economic Boom

    • His egalitarian rhetoric allowed him to cast himself as the people's defender against the moneyed elite and their tools in government, introducing an enduring Jacksonian mythos to American politics.
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