Impartiality \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.
[1913 Webster]
Impartiality strips the mind of prejudice and passion.
--South.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
impartiality
n : an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally [syn:
nonpartisanship] [ant: partiality]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
nonpartisanship
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