egalitarian
World History
(noun)
Believing in the principle that all people are equal.
U.S. History
(adjective)
Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.
Examples of egalitarian in the following topics:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Athenian Society
- Classical Athenian society was structured as a democratic patriarchy that strived towards egalitarian ideals.
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Social Classes in the Colonies
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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.
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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.
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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.