equality

Definition

The concept of everyone being roughly equivalent in value and treatment, which sounds great in theory but requires actual effort to implement in practice. It's what we all agree to in principle while quietly maintaining our hierarchies and biases.

Example Usage

The company announced their commitment to equality while maintaining a leadership team that looked suspiciously homogeneous.

Source: Merriam-Webster via Free Dictionary API

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