From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impartial \Im*par"tial\, adjective [Pref. im- not + partial: cf. F. impartial.] Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just. --Shak.
Jove is impartial, and to both the same. --Dryden.
A comprehensive and impartial view. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge" [syn: {fair}] [ant: {partial}]
2: free from undue bias or preconceived opinions; "an unprejudiced appraisal of the pros and cons"; "the impartial eye of a scientist" [syn: {unprejudiced}] [ant: {prejudiced}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "impartial": Laodicean, Olympian, apathetic, candid, centrist, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable, even, evenhanded, fair, fifty-fifty, half-and-half, impersonal, independent, indifferent, just, lofty, midway, moderate, neuter, neutral, nonaligned, noncommitted, nonpartisan, objective, on the fence, passive, selfless, third-force, third-world, unbiased, uncolored, uncommitted, undazzled, uninfluenced, uninvolved, unjaundiced, unprejudiced, unprepossessed, unselfish, unswayed
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
IMPARTIAL, adjective Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy or adopting either of two conflicting opinions.
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