Equality
# Equality

Equality generally refers to the fact of being equal, of having the same value.

In specific contexts, equality may refer to:

## Society

* Egalitarianism, a trend of thought that favors equality for all people
   * Political egalitarianism, in which all members of a society are of equal standing
* Equal opportunity, a stipulation that all people should be treated similarly
* Equality of outcome, in which the general conditions of people's lives are similar
* For specific groups:
   * Gender equality
   * Racial equality
* Social equality, in which all people within a group have the same status
* Economic inequality
* Equality Party (disambiguation), several political parties
* Consociationalism, in which an ethnically, religiously, or linguistically divided state functions by cooperation of each group's elites

## Law

* Equality before the law, the principle under which all people are subject to the same laws
* Equality Act (disambiguation), several pieces of legislation

## Mathematics and logic

* Equality (mathematics), the relationship between expressions that represent the same value or mathematical object
* Equals sign, =
* Logical equality

## Places

* Equality, Alabama, an unincorporated community
* Equality Township, Gallatin County, Illinois
   * Equality, Illinois, a village
* Equality Township, Red Lake County, Minnesota
* Equality Colony, an American socialist colony founded in 1897 in Washington state

## Arts and entertainment

* Equality (film), a 2010 American documentary short film by Al Sutton
* Equality (novel), an 1897 utopian novel by Edward Bellamy
* Equality; or, A History of Lithconia, an 1837 utopian fantasy novel by an anonymous author
