# egalitarianism

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #51,678

## Definitions
1. The political doctrine that holds that all people in a society should have equal rights from birth.

## Etymology
From egalitarian + -ism.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/egalitarianism