EQUIVALENCE Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

equivalence

noun

i-ˈkwi-və-lən(t)s

as in equivalency

the state or fact of being exactly the same in number, amount, status, or quality moviegoers who mistakenly believe that there is an equivalence between the personality of an actor and that of his character

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Recent Examples of equivalence There is no moral equivalence between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. —

Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024 According to the state, there should have been a trial on the matter of equivalence complete with the taking of evidence and expert testimony. —

Robert Goulder, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024 By drawing a false equivalence between Zionism and Judaism, administrators are declaring that such a debate is bigoted by definition, and thus shouldn’t be allowed to happen at all. —

Richard Beck, TIME, 6 Sep. 2024 And there’s some sort of equivalence between some motion of being accelerated, being in an accelerated frame of reference and having a feeling of gravity or having a gravitational pull. —

Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 29 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for equivalence