Tasaarvoiseen

Tasaarvoiseen is a grammatical form of the Finnish adjective tasa-arvoinen, meaning egalitarian or equal in status and rights. The term is used to describe policies, practices, or situations that aim for or embody equality among groups, most commonly in discussions about gender equality, rights, and opportunities. The base noun is tasa-arvo, or equality, from which the adjective derives with the -inen suffix.

In usage, tasaarvoiseen appears as an illative form of tasa-arvoinen, used when the modified noun is in the illative case (into or toward something). For example, tasaarvoiseen yhteiskuntaan means “to an egalitarian society.” The same adjective also appears in other inflected forms such as tasa-arvoisen (genitive/essive), tasa-arvoista (partitive), and tasaarvoisessa (inessive), depending on the case and number of the noun it modifies. In formal writing, the base form is usually written as tasa-arvoinen, and the illative form is commonly written as tasa-arvoiseen; variants without the hyphen (tasaarvoiseen) are sometimes found in plain text or informal contexts.

Related concepts and terms include tasa-arvo (equality) and expressions describing equal treatment and opportunities. Tasaarvoinen as an adjective is frequent in political, educational, and organizational discourse, where it describes aims or conditions that promote fair treatment and parity among people.

See also: tasa-arvo; gender equality; equal rights. Examples: “Hallituksen ohjelma tähtää tasaarvoiseen kohteluun kaikissa toimissa.” “Koulutuspolitiikka edistää tasaarvoiseen osallistumiseen mahdollistavia rakenteita.”