1 inegalitarian | Definition of inegalitarian

inegalitarian

adjective
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Definition of inegalitarian

: marked by disparity in social and economic standing

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The erosion of a cherished tradition reflects an increasingly inegalitarian society, one of the many changes that are tearing at France鈥檚 unspoken social contract. Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times, "Holidays Are a Way of Life in France in August. Yellow Vests Can鈥檛 Afford Them.," 29 Aug. 2019 All this contraindicates the democracy movement鈥檚 prescription: If our republic鈥檚 true sickness is its inegalitarian economic system, then that illness won鈥檛 be cured by cross-ideological coalitions. Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, "America鈥檚 Version of Capitalism Is Incompatible With Democracy," 23 May 2018 For is there any American institution that trades on unapologetic exclusion and perpetuates inegalitarian arrangements that benefit an in-group more than Harvard? Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, "Do Unto Other Harvard Students," 13 July 2017

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First Known Use of inegalitarian

1940, in the meaning defined above

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