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Believes everyone deserves equal footing, then argues for hours about what footing means.

means Someone who believes all people are fundamentally equal and deserve the same rights, opportunities, and treatment.

from Rooted in the French égal, 'equal,' which traces back to the Latin aequalis, from aequus meaning 'level' or 'fair.' The '-itarian' suffix got bolted on in the 1800s, the same pattern that gave English 'humanitarian' and 'utilitarian' — a grammatical habit of turning ideals into identities.

etymology
from French égal, meaning equal, obviously
not synonym
equality of outcome and opportunity are different fights
political range
claimed by socialists and libertarians alike
ancient roots
early democracies still excluded women and slaves
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