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egalitarian
adjective
asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, economic, or social life.
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Egalitarian 鈥渃haracterized by belief in the equality of all people鈥� is an alteration of equalitarian, with French 茅驳补濒 replacing the equal- component. Both English equal and French 茅驳补濒 come from Latin 补别辩耻腻濒颈蝉 鈥渆qual, like,鈥� based on aequus 鈥渆ven, plain, just,鈥� an adjective of unknown origin. Aequus is the source of English adequate, equal, equilibrium, equinox, equivalent, and iniquity. The evolution from Latin 补别辩耻腻濒颈蝉 to French 茅驳补濒 reflects three common sound changes: Latin ae usually becomes French 茅, Latin qu between vowels often becomes French g, and Latin suffixes such as -is are either reduced to -e or even dropped entirely. For the first of these changes, compare Latin prae with French 辫谤茅- 鈥渂efore,鈥� and for the other two, compare Latin aquila with French aigle 鈥渆补驳濒别.鈥� Egalitarian was first recorded in English in the early 1880s.
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Yet even many couples who pride themselves on a fair distribution of duties aren鈥檛 so balanced when it comes to carrying the harder-to-quantify 鈥渕ental load,鈥� the taxing work of managing a household and anticipating its many needs. (Same-sex couples tend to be more egalitarian, but can end up in lopsided arrangements as well.)
Bitcoin represents a techno-utopian dream. Satoshi Nakamoto, its pseudonymous inventor, proposed that the world run not on centralized financial institutions but on an egalitarian, math-based electronic money system distributed through a computer network.
suffrage
noun
the right to vote, especially in a political election.
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Suffrage 鈥渢he right to vote鈥� comes from Latin 蝉耻蹿蹿谤腻驳颈耻尘 鈥渧oting tablet,鈥� and though suffrage resembles suffer, the two are not completely related. While suffer comes from Latin sufferre 鈥渢o endure,鈥� suffrage is ultimately based on the verb 蝉耻蹿蹿谤腻驳腻谤墨 鈥渢o support.鈥� These two Latin verbs share a prefix, the preposition sub 鈥渦nder鈥� (which assimilates to suf- when followed by an f for easier pronunciation), but sufferre combines sub with ferre 鈥渢o bear,鈥� and the -蹿谤腻驳腻谤墨 part of 蝉耻蹿蹿谤腻驳腻谤墨 is of uncertain origin. The most popular hypothesis is that -蹿谤腻驳腻谤墨 is related to the verb frangere 鈥渢o break,鈥� which would make suffrage a relative of fracture, fragile, fragment, and frangible. Suffrage was first recorded in English in the late 14th century.
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Prominent U.S. suffrage organizations ignored the exclusion of Puerto Rican women from the 19th Amendment鈥攋ust as many of them ignored the struggles of women of color to gain citizenship or exercise voting rights within the states 鈥�. Not until another electoral coalition including Socialists won control of the Puerto Rican legislature in 1933 did it become possible to extend suffrage to all women.
References are often made to the challenges concerning universal suffrage in Somalia, but in fact, away from the central government in Mogadishu, some states in the Somali federal system are showing what is possible鈥攆or example, the state of Puntland successfully made local elections with a one person, one vote system in some districts in recent months.
liberation
noun
the act or fact of gaining equal rights or full social or economic opportunities for a particular group.
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Liberation 鈥渢he act of gaining equal rights鈥� is adapted from Latin 濒墨产别谤腻迟颈艒 鈥渁 setting free, a release,鈥� which comes from the verb 濒墨产别谤腻谤别 鈥渢o free鈥� and, ultimately, the adjective 濒墨产别谤 鈥渇ree, open, frank.鈥� From here, there is the possibility for confusion, as the adjective 濒墨产别谤 鈥渇ree,鈥� the noun 濒墨产别谤 鈥渃hild,鈥� and the noun liber 鈥渂ook, bark鈥� are all common words in Latin. 尝墨产别谤 鈥渇ree鈥� is also the source of deliver, liberal, libertarian, and liberty, and it comes from an ancient root meaning 鈥減eople鈥�; compare the names Leopold (literally 鈥渂old people鈥�) and Luther (鈥減eople army鈥�). 尝墨产别谤 鈥渃hild鈥� literally means 鈥渇ree one鈥� and almost exclusively appears as plural 濒墨产别谤墨 鈥渃hildren.鈥� Meanwhile, liber 鈥渂ook鈥� is the source of libel, library, and libretto, and it is unrelated to either 濒墨产别谤. Take care not to confuse these nearly identical words! Liberation was first recorded in English in the early 15th century.
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In 1982, … young gay rights activists including [Ralf] Dose hoped to shed light on LGBTQ persecution and activism. He and others were eager to learn about their predecessors in the 1920s, figures like [Magnus] Hirschfeld who鈥檇 made great strides in liberation before being exiled or killed by the Nazis 鈥�. As he pieced together these findings, Dose realized how much broader Hirschfeld鈥檚 focus was than gay liberation.
It is also a good time to remember Anahita Ratebzad, the mother of Afghan women鈥檚 liberation, and to uphold the gender equality she fought so hard to achieve. When the April Revolution erupted in Afghanistan in 1978, Ratebzad was in the thick of the battle, a leader of the People鈥檚 Democratic Party.