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impartiality

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being impartial; fairness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nonpartisanship

Antonyms: partiality

Broader terms: inclination, disposition, tendency

Narrower terms: disinterestedness, fairness, fair-mindedness, candor, candour

History

Etymology

From Middle French impartialité. By surface analysis, impartial + -ity = im- + partial + -ity.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَزَاهَة (nazāha) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Arabic: حِيَاد (ḥiyād) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Armenian: անկողմնակալություն (ankoġmnakalutʻyun) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Belarusian: бесстаро́ннасць (bjesstarónnascʹ) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Bulgarian: безпристра́стност (bezpristrástnost) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Bulgarian: непредубеде́ност (nepredubedénost) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Catalan: imparcialitat — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Czech: nestrannost — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Dutch: onpartijdigheid — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Finnish: puolueettomuus — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • French: impartialité — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Galician: imparcialidade — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • German: Unvoreingenommenheit — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • German: Unparteilichkeit — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • German: Objektivität — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Greek: αμεροληψία (amerolipsía) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Hindi: निरपेक्षता (nirpekṣatā) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Irish: neamhchlaontacht — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Latin: aequitās — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Macedonian: непристрасност (nepristrasnost) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Malayalam: നിഷ്പക്ഷത (niṣpakṣata) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Polish: bezstronność — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Portuguese: imparcialidade — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Romanian: imparțialitate — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Romanian: nepărtinitate — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Romanian: obiectivitate — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Russian: непредвзя́тость (nepredvzjátostʹ) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Russian: беспристра́стность (bespristrástnostʹ) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Sikkimese: བཏང་སྙོམས (btang snyoms) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Slovak: nestrannosť — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Spanish: imparcialidad — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Telugu: సమదృష్టి (samadr̥ṣṭi) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Ottoman Turkish: عدالت (ʼadalet) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Ottoman Turkish: انصاف (insâf) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Ottoman Turkish: قسط (kıst) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Ottoman Turkish: عدل (ʼadl) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Ukrainian: неупере́дженість (neuperédženistʹ) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Ukrainian: безсторо́нність (bezstorónnistʹ) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Yiddish: אומצדדימדיקייט (umtsdodimdikeyt) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
  • Yiddish: אומפּאַרטיייִשקייט (umparteyishkeyt) — the quality of being impartial; fairness
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