To make unequal; to destroy or reduce equality.
Formed from prefix dis- (reverse, undo) combined with equalize (to make equal), from Latin 'aequalis' meaning equal. The verb form emerged in philosophical writing around the 1600s.
This verb is the opposite of equalize—while equalize means to level the playing field, disequalize means to tilt it. It's a word that philosophers and political theorists use when describing how systems can be deliberately rigged unfairly.
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