Impartiality
['ɪm,pɑːʃɪ'ælətɪ] or [,ɪmpɑrʃɪ'æləti]
Definition
(noun.) an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally.
Typist: Ralph--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality of being impartial; freedom from bias or favoritism; disinterestedness; equitableness; fairness; as, impartiality of judgment, of treatment, etc.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Disinterestedness, equitableness, justice, fairness, honor, honorableness, fair play.
Typist: Paul
Examples
- I know none whose knowledge, sagacity, and impartiality qualify him so thoroughly for such a service as yours do you. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Locksley now proceeded to the distribution of the spoil, which he performed with the most laudable impartiality. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He shies at every thing he comes across, with the utmost impartiality. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Born in partiality, in order to accomplish its tasks it must achieve a certain detached impartiality. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Thus, with a painful impartiality, did the young man make out the case for Beaufort, and for Beaufort's victim. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It were yesterday afternoon (with an appearance of mingled wisdom, relief, and strict impartiality). Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Miss Bart accepted this exhortation in a spirit of the purest impartiality. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She had received a very recent proof of its impartiality. Jane Austen. Emma.
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