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isonomy

i·son·o·my
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ahy-son-uh-mee]
    • /aɪˈsɒn ə mi/
    • /aɪsˈɒnəmi/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ahy-son-uh-mee]
    • /aɪˈsɒn ə mi/

Definitions of isonomy word

  • noun isonomy equality of political rights. 1
  • noun isonomy Alternative form of isonomia. 1
  • noun isonomy the equality before the law of the citizens of a state 0
  • noun isonomy the equality of civil or political rights 0
  • noun isonomy equality of laws, rights, or privileges 0

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Origin of isonomy

First appearance:

before 1590
One of the 37% oldest English words
From the Greek word isonomía, dating back to 1590-1600. See iso-, -nomy

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Parts of speech for Isonomy

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

isonomy popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for isonomy

noun isonomy

  • similarity — the state of being similar; likeness; resemblance.
  • civil rights — Civil rights are the rights that people have in a society to equal treatment and equal opportunities, whatever their race, sex, or religion.
  • coordination — Coordination means organizing the activities of two or more groups so that they work together efficiently and know what the others are doing.
  • fairness — the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice; evenhandedness: I have to admit, in all fairness, that she would only be paid for part of the work.
  • identity — the state or fact of remaining the same one or ones, as under varying aspects or conditions: The identity of the fingerprints on the gun with those on file provided evidence that he was the killer.

Antonyms for isonomy

noun isonomy

  • difference — the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
  • disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
  • dissimilarity — unlikeness; difference.
  • unlike — different, dissimilar, or unequal; not alike: They contributed unlike sums to charity.
  • disproportion — lack of proportion; lack of proper relationship in size, number, etc.: architectural disproportions.

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