equivalence
noun
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Definition of equivalence
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Synonyms & Antonyms for equivalence
Synonyms
coequality, coordinateness, equality, equivalency, par, parity, sameness
Antonyms
imparity, inequality, nonequivalence
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It was sowed by those who draw equivalence between neo-Nazis and those who protest them. — Grace Segers, CBS News, "2020 Democratic candidates address gun violence and Trump's "hateful rhetoric"," 7 Aug. 2019 Topologists have developed sophisticated algebraic techniques that can be used to precisely describe this kind of equivalence. — Quanta Magazine, "Visionary Mathematician Vladimir Voevodsky Dies at 51," 11 Oct. 2017 The relentless advertising of Kay and De Beers made a direct equivalence between the monetary value of the ring and the amount or intensity of, in traditional gendered terms, the man’s love for the woman. — Jennifer Bernstein, Vox, "Even as I question the institution of marriage and all its traditions, I find myself still wanting a ring.," 3 July 2019 With those words, the president of the United States assigned a moral equivalence between those spreading hate and those with the courage to stand against it. — NBC News, "Biden's mastery of backlash politics takes center stage," 6 July 2019 This literal commercialization of love pushes some couples (including my fellow and me) in the other direction, to reject the false equivalence by spending very little money on the ring. — Jennifer Bernstein, Vox, "Even as I question the institution of marriage and all its traditions, I find myself still wanting a ring.," 3 July 2019 Those types of credit equivalences are typical for students who come from the military and have their past training recognized toward degree programs. — Christopher Magan, Twin Cities, "When Argosy U closed, students felt they lost everything. How other schools rushed to help them pick up the pieces.," 23 June 2019 Photo: Thierry Roge/Zuma Press For cross-border commercial banking—lending and deposit taking—no equivalence is possible. — Paul J. Davies, WSJ, "Why Global Finance Stopped Shouting About Brexit," 26 Nov. 2018 This includes ruling out access to the EU’s single market for financial institutions any better than equivalence and insisting that the U.K. can obtain only an agreement similar to the EU’s free trade deal with Canada. — Ian Wishart, Bloomberg.com, "Brexit Talks Sidestep Thorny Issues as Work Starts on Future," 4 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'equivalence.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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