'Inequality' definitions:
Definition of 'inequality'
From: WordNet
noun
Lack of equality; "the growing inequality between rich and poor" [ant: equality]
Definition of 'Inequality'
From: GCIDE
- Inequality \In`e*qual"i*ty\, n.; pl. Inequalities. [L. inaequalitas.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or lack of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an inequality in size, stature, numbers, power, distances, motions, rank, property, etc. [1913 Webster]
- There is so great an inequality in the length of our legs and arms as makes it impossible for us to walk on all four. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
- Notwithstanding which inequality of number, it was resolved in a council of war to fight the Dutch fleet. --Ludlow. [1913 Webster]
- Sympathy is rarely strong where there is a great inequality of condition. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Unevenness; lack of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab, etc. [1913 Webster]
- The country is cut into so many hills and inequalities as renders it defensible. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Variableness; changeableness; inconstancy; lack of smoothness or equability; deviation; unsteadiness, as of the weather, feelings, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Inequality of air is ever an enemy to health. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy; competency; as, the inequality of terrestrial things to the wants of a rational soul. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Alg.) An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality (.gt. or .lt.) between them; as, the inequality 2 .lt. 3, or 4 .gt. 1. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Astron.) An irregularity, or a deviation, in the motion of a planet or satellite from its uniform mean motion; the amount of such deviation. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inequality'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antagonism,
- argumentation,
- asperity,
- bias,
- bumpiness,
- capriciousness,
- changeability,
- changeableness,
- choppiness,
- clashing,
- conflict,
- contradiction,
- contrariety,
- contrast,
- controversy,
- cragginess,
- dappleness,
- departure,
- deviation,
- difference,
- differentiation,
- disaccord,
- disaccordance,
- disagreement,
- disconformity,
- discongruity,
- discord,
- discordance,
- discordancy,
- discrepancy,
- discreteness,
- discrimination,
- disharmony,
- disorder,
- disparity,
- disproportion,
- dissension,
- dissent,
- dissidence,
- dissimilarity,
- dissonance,
- distinction,
- distinctness,
- disunion,
- disunity,
- divarication,
- divergence,
- divergency,
- diversification,
- diversity,
- faction,
- far cry,
- favoritism,
- granulation,
- harshness,
- heterogeneity,
- hispidity,
- imbalance,
- imparity,
- inaccordance,
- inclination,
- incompatibility,
- incongruence,
- incongruity,
- inconsistency,
- inconsonance,
- inconstancy,
- inequity,
- inharmoniousness,
- inharmony,
- injustice,
- instability,
- interest,
- involvement,
- irreconcilability,
- irregularity,
- jaggedness,
- jarring,
- jerkiness,
- joltiness,
- leaning,
- mercuriality,
- mixture,
- motleyness,
- mutability,
- negation,
- nepotism,
- nonconformism,
- nonconformity,
- nonstandardization,
- nonuniformity,
- odds,
- one-sidedness,
- opposition,
- oppugnancy,
- otherness,
- parti pris,
- partiality,
- partisanism,
- partisanship,
- pluralism,
- preference,
- preferential treatment,
- prejudice,
- raggedness,
- repugnance,
- rough air,
- roughness,
- ruggedness,
- rugosity,
- scraggliness,
- separateness,
- tooth,
- turbulence,
- unconformism,
- unconformity,
- undetachment,
- undispassionateness,
- unevenness,
- unfairness,
- unharmoniousness,
- unlikeness,
- unneutrality,
- unorthodoxy,
- unsmoothness,
- unsteadiness,
- ununiformity,
- variability,
- variance,
- variation,
- variegation,
- variety,
- variousness,
- versatility,
- wavering