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Equality generally refers to the fact of being equal, of having the same value. In specific contexts, equality may refer to:

Society

• Egalitarianism, a trend of thought that favors equality for all people
  • Political egalitarianism, in which all members of a society are of equal standing
• Equal opportunity, a stipulation that all people should be treated similarly
• Equality of outcome, in which the general conditions of people's lives are similar
• For specific groups:
  • Gender equality
  • Racial equality
• Social equality, in which all people within a group have the same status
• Economic inequality
• Equality Party (disambiguation), several political parties
• Consociationalism, in which an ethnically, religiously, or linguistically divided state functions by cooperation of each group's elites

Law

• Equality before the law, the principle under which all people are subject to the same laws
• Equality Act (disambiguation), several pieces of legislation

Mathematics and logic

• Equality (mathematics), the relationship between expressions that represent the same value or mathematical object
• Equals sign, =
• Logical equality

Places

• Equality, Alabama, an unincorporated community
• Equality Township, Gallatin County, Illinois
  • Equality, Illinois, a village
• Equality Township, Red Lake County, Minnesota
• Equality Colony, an American socialist colony founded in 1897 in Washington state

Arts and entertainment

• Equality (film), a 2010 American documentary short film by Al Sutton
• Equality (novel), an 1897 utopian novel by Edward Bellamy
• Equality; or, A History of Lithconia, an 1837 utopian fantasy novel by an anonymous author

See also

Wikiquote has quotations related to Equality.

• Equal (disambiguation)
• Inequality (disambiguation)
• Equity (disambiguation)
• Liberté, égalité, fraternité (liberty, equality, fraternity), motto of the French Revolution