impartiality

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A good instance of this impartiality is his critique of Schopenhauer, with whose system he is in complete disagreement, yet affords him full credit for what of truth is contained in his voluminous writings.

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  1. The character of being impartial; freedom from bias; disinterestedness; fairness: as, impartiality of judgment or of treatment. Impartiality is the soul of mercy, as well as justice. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. ii. There is a certain impartiality necessary to make what a man says bear any weight with those he speaks to. Steele, Tatler, No. 242.
  2. Synonyms Fairness, honor, justice, fair play, candor.

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  • A striking proof of his impartiality was afforded in the choice of the persons who were to form his cabinet under the law for the formation of the executive departments. —  Life And Times Of Washington, Volume 2
  • A Decade Under Chávez: Political Intolerance and Lost Opportunities for Advancing Human Rights in Venezuela, saying that it "does not meet even the most minimal standards of scholarship, impartiality, accuracy, or credibility." —  Signs of the Times
  • We write to call your attention to a report published by Human Rights Watch that does not meet even the most minimal standards of scholarship, impartiality, accuracy, or credibility. —  Signs of the Times
  • Brummer examines the slow recognition of the BBC that impartiality is a problem and mentions HR's BBC report as part of this process.
  • But because too many traditional reporters still worship the gods of objectivity and impartiality, they're failing to tell the truth. —  TIME GOES BY
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  1. = French impartialité = Spanish imparcialidad = Portuguese imparcialidade = Italian imparzialità, from Middle Latin *impartialita(t-)s, from impartialis, impartial: see impartial.
 

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