3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

impartiality

noun: an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally [syn: {nonpartisanship}] [ant: {partiality}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Impartiality \Im*par'ti*al"i*ty\, noun [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.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

78 Moby Thesaurus words for "impartiality": Olympian detachment, 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, pacifism, prudence, repose, restraint, self-abnegation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, selflessness, serenity, sobriety, stability, steadiness, strict neutrality, temperance, temperateness, tranquillity, unbias, unbiasedness, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness, unopinionatedness, unprejudicedness, unselfishness, via media

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