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inequality

/ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ti/

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What does inequality mean?

noun

  1. A condition or state (of social, cultural, or legal matters) that is not equal; especially, such a condition that is thereby also unfair.
  2. A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another. Symbol: < or ≤ or > or ≥ or ne , as appropriate.
  3. Unevenness, irregularity.

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Then, if inequality of conditions is a necessary evil, so is isolation, for society and inequality are incompatible with each other.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
It has been from its origin, and it remains still at present, the divine sanction of brutal force and triumphant inequality.
Bertrand RussellProposed Roads to FreedomProject Gutenberg ebook #690
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In the mean time, though inequality is necessary to give this completeness to friendship, the inequality must not be too great.
William GodwinThoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the AuthorProject Gutenberg ebook #743
“Imprudent, if you please—but not mad. Excepting inequality of fortune, and perhaps a little disparity of age, I can see nothing unsuitable.”
Jane AustenEmmaProject Gutenberg ebook #158
By such steps the original inequality between the jaws and teeth in the two sexes of mankind would ultimately have been obliterated.
Charles DarwinThe Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to SexProject Gutenberg ebook #2300