Other forms: inequalities
Inequality is the gap between those who have much and those who have little. Rising inequality, income inequality, tackle inequality.
It is measured rather than merely asserted — the Gini coefficient runs from zero for perfect equality to one for a single person holding everything. Wealth inequality is everywhere sharper than income inequality. In mathematics an inequality is a statement that two quantities differ.
1nouninequalityThe gap between those who have much and those who have little.
“Inequality has grown, with the richest families getting richer while wages at the bottom stay flat.”
inequality is a gap.
Latin inaequalitas is in-, not, plus aequalis, equal.
Latin
inaequālis — unequal
Medieval Latin
inaequālitās
Old French
inequalité
Middle English
inequalite
English, today
inequality
Built from
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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA