egalitarians

noun

plural of egalitarian
as in democrats
one who advocates or practices social equality as egalitarians, they have always promoted policies for equal pay

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Recent Examples of egalitarians The geopolitics of World War II is not the global order of today; our egalitarians and authoritarians are different, too. — Judy Berman, Time, 4 May 2026 For most of the National Guard’s history in the South, political leaders used domestic military power to preserve the interests of racial authoritarians, not racial egalitarians. — Justin Randolph, The Conversation, 17 June 2025
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democrats
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  • Right now, democrats hold seven of the state's eight seats in Congress.
    — Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Cao obviously wants to do well by the Navy, and, by putting his heart into the job, even some democrats are urging the Administration to fast-track Cao’s nomination.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Definition of democrats

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“Egalitarians.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egalitarians. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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