The belief or practice that all people should be treated as equals and have equal rights, opportunities, and access to resources.
From equalitarian + -ism (system of beliefs or practices). The suffix -ism is Latin and Greek derived, creating abstract nouns representing ideologies or systems. Related to egalitarianism.
Equalitarianism' is actually rarer than 'egalitarianism'—when two similar -ism words compete, the one with the more elegant root word usually wins in actual usage, showing how linguistic beauty and economy drive language evolution.
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