equiparation

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noun

The transfer or imputation of attributes from one object or concept to another; the drawing of an equivalence between them.

OriginMedieval Latin aequiparātiō →
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Meanings

nounequiparation (countable and uncountable, plural equiparations)

plural equiparations

  1. countablehistoricaluncountablehuman sciencesThe transfer or imputation of attributes from one object or concept to another; the drawing of an equivalence between them.

    One wonders whether such equiparations are sound. […] Essence and end cannot be identified, and one has to be careful how one connects them.

    1998, Cormac Burke, “Married Personalism and the ‘Good of the Spouses’”, in Angelicum, →JSTOR, page 256
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    Lucas de Penna, by his quid pro quo method, thus arrived at an equiparation not only of Prince and bishop as the grooms of realm and diocese, but also of Prince and Christ.

    1965, Ernst Kantorowicz, The King’s Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political Theology, page 216
  2. broadlycountablerareuncountableComparison.

Origin

  1. Medieval Latinaequiparātiō
  2. Englishequiparation

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin aequiparātiō, from aequiparō (“put on a level with, compare”) + -tiō (noun suffix), from aequus (“equal”) + parō (“place”). Equivalent to equiparate + -ion.

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APA

equiparation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equiparation

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“equiparation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equiparation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “equiparation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equiparation.

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