impartiality

English

Etymology

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

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Noun

impartiality (countable and uncountable, plural impartialities)

  1. The quality of being impartial; fairness.
    • 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 514, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish):
      Lenin never believed in the possibility of impartiality or neutrality in any sphere of life, including philosophy. Anyone who claimed to belong to no party, or declared himself neutral, was a secret enemy.

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