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Inequity vs. Iniquity
Inequity
/ɪnˈekwəti/Examples:
Economic inequity fuels social unrest worldwide.Inequity in access to healthcare must be addressed.The report highlights the inequity in educational resources.
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Iniquity
/ɪˈnɪkwəti/Examples:
The king's reign was marked by acts of great iniquity.He couldn't forgive the iniquity of the corrupted officials.Neighborhood stories often spoke of unseen iniquity lurking.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Inequity has to do with fairness and the equity part indicates something related to equality.
- Iniquity deals with moral corruption or wickedness and the iniq part can remind you of iniquitous, which sounds more sinister.
- Think of inequity as related to the equal system being unbalanced and iniquity as a perversion of moral values.
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