不平等(ふびょうどう)

ふびょうどう
na-adjective, noun
inequality, unfair, unequal
society
1. inequality, unfairness, unequal treatment
A state where things are not equal or fair. Used for social, economic, or legal inequalities.
それは不平等(ふびょうどう)だ。
That is unfair.
男女(だんじょ)の不平等(ふびょうどう)をなくすべきだ。
We should eliminate gender inequality.
幕末(ばくまつ)に日本(にほん)は不平等(ふびょうどう)条約(じょうやく)を結(むす)ばされ、改正(かいせい)に長年(ながねん)苦労(くろう)した。
At the end of the Edo period, Japan was forced into unequal treaties and struggled for years to revise them.

Forms

不(ふ) (not) + 平等(びょうどう) (equality, equal). The antonym is 平等(びょうどう).

Cultural note

不平等(ふびょうどう)条約(じょうやく) (unequal treaties) is a key term in Japanese history, referring to the disadvantageous treaties forced on Japan by Western powers in the late Edo period.

Common collocations

Related Words

Antonym: 平等(びょうどう)
Compare: 不公平(ふこうへい) (unfair)
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