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\textit{D. C. Ravenel} [Am. J. Math. 106, 351-414 (1984; Zbl 0586.55003)] has shown that a \(K(n)_*\)-acyclic finite CW-spectrum must also be \(K(m)_*\)-acyclic for \(1\leq m\leq n\), where \(K(m)_*\) is the \(m\)th Morava \(K\)-theory at a prime \(p\). In the present article the author shows that this statement can be generalized to arbitrary spaces, but fails for arbitrary connective spectra of finite type. The main result of the article then becomes the following: Each \(K(n)_*\)-equivalence of spaces is a \(K(m)_*\)-equivalence for \(1\leq m \leq n\). The proof uses homotopical localization theory and actually depends on the \(K(n)_*\)-nonacyclicity of the highly connected infinite loop spaces in the associated \(\Omega\)-spectrum of \(k(m)\). \textit{W. S. Wilson} [in ``Homotopy invariant algebraic structures'', Contemp. Math. 239, 375-376 (1999; Zbl 0938.55008)] gave an independent proof of the main result for spaces of finite type. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0924.00035].