Meaning of IMPARTIALITY
| Pronunciation: | | im`pârshee'alitee
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| | Definition: | | [n] an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally |
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| | Synonyms: | | nonpartisanship |
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| | Antonyms: | | partiality, partisanship | | |
| | See Also: | | candor, candour, disinterestedness, disposition, fair-mindedness, fairness, inclination, tendency | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Im*par`ti*al"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. impartialit['e].]
The quality of being impartial; freedom from bias or
favoritism; disinterestedness; equitableness; fairness; as,
impartiality of judgment, of treatment, etc.
Impartiality strips the mind of prejudice and passion.
--South.
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| | Related Terms: | | abnegation, abstention, abstinence, anythingarianism, calm, calmness, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, cool, cop-out, detachment, disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, dispassionateness, equitability, evasion, evenhandedness, evenness, fairness, fence-sitting, gentleness, golden mean, happy medium, independence, indifference, judiciousness, juste-milieu, justness, lenity, loftiness, meden agan, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, mugwumpery, mugwumpism, neutralism, neutrality, nonalignment, noncommitment, noninvolvement, nonpartisanism, nonviolence, nothing in excess, nothingarianism, objectivity, Olympian detachment, pacifism, prudence, repose, restraint, self-abnegation, self-control, self-denial, selflessness, self-restraint, serenity, sobriety, stability, steadiness, strict neutrality, temperance, temperateness, tranquillity, unbias, unbiasedness, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness, unopinionatedness, unprejudicedness, unselfishness, via media |
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