inequality

noun
/ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/UK/ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ti/US

Etymology

From Middle English inequalite, from Old French inequalité, from Medieval Latin inaequālitās, from Latin inaequālis (“unequal”), from in- (“not”) + aequālis (“equal”). Morphologically inequal + -ity and in- + equality.

  1. derived from inaequālis
  2. derived from inaequālitās
  3. derived from inequalité
  4. inherited from inequalite

Definitions

  1. Absence of equality.

    • The inequality in living standards led to a civil war as the have-nots rebelled.
    • The traditional inequalities of marriage, such as changing her surname to his.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at inequality. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at inequality. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at inequality

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA