Inequality
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English
Noun
Inequality (plural inequalities)- An unfair, not equal, state.
- The inequality in living standards led to a civil war as the have nots rebelled.
- (mathematics) A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another. Symbol: < or ≤ or > or ≥, as appropriate.
- The inequality x is less than y, together with that y<z, allows us to deduce the inequality x<z.
Synonyms
- (statement in mathematics): inequation
Hyponyms
Verbs for Inequality
complain of—; conduce to—; consider—; detect—; dispute—; frown on—; grieve over—; lament—; observe—; occasion—; owe to—; reconcile—; rectify—; treat with —; —glares; —shocks. —unbalances.
Thesaurus
antagonism, argumentation, asperity, bias, bumpiness, capriciousness, changeability, changeableness, choppiness, clashing, conflict, contradiction, contrariety, contrast, controversy, cragginess, dappleness, departure, deviation, difference, differentiation, disaccord, disaccordance, disagreement, disconformity, discongruity, discord, discordance, discordancy, discrepancy, discreteness, discrimination, disharmony, disorder, disparity, disproportion, dissension, dissent, dissidence, dissimilarity, dissonance, distinction, distinctness, disunion, disunity, divarication, divergence, divergency, diversification, diversity, faction, far cry, favoritism, granulation, harshness, heterogeneity, hispidity, imbalance, imparity, inaccordance, inclination, incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, inconstancy, inequity, inharmoniousness, inharmony, injustice, instability, interest, involvement, irreconcilability, irregularity, jaggedness, jarring, jerkiness, joltiness, leaning, mercuriality, mixture, motleyness, mutability, negation, nepotism, nonconformism, nonconformity, nonstandardization, nonuniformity, odds, one-sidedness, opposition, oppugnancy, otherness, parti pris, partiality, partisanism, partisanship, pluralism, preference, preferential treatment, prejudice, raggedness, repugnance, rough air, roughness, ruggedness, rugosity, scraggliness, separateness, tooth, turbulence, unconformism, unconformity, undetachment, undispassionateness, unevenness, unfairness, unharmoniousness, unlikeness, unneutrality, unorthodoxy, unsmoothness, unsteadiness, ununiformity, variability, variance, variation, variegation, variety, variousness, versatility, wavering
Alternative forms
- inæquality (archaic, rare)
Etymology
From Old French inégalité, from Medieval Latin inaequalitas, from inaequalis, "unequal," from in- "not" + aequalis "equal"
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