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IMPARTIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Free from undue bias or preconceived opinions
Example:
the impartial eye of a scientist
Synonyms:
impartial; unprejudiced
Classified under:
Similar:
color-blind; colour-blind; nonracist (unprejudiced about race)
Also:
open; receptive (ready or willing to receive favorably)
Derivation:
impartiality (an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Showing lack of favoritism
Example:
the cold neutrality of an impartial judge
Classified under:
Similar:
disinterested (unaffected by self-interest)
cold-eyed; dispassionate (unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice)
indifferent; unbiased; unbiassed (characterized by a lack of partiality)
indifferent (marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another)
Also:
fair; just (free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules)
Antonym:
partial (showing favoritism)
Derivation:
impartiality (an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally)
Context examples:
Elinor was half inclined to ask her reason for thinking so, because satisfied that none founded on an impartial consideration of their age, characters, or feelings, could be given;—but her mother must always be carried away by her imagination on any interesting subject, and therefore instead of an inquiry, she passed it off with a smile.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
I did not believe her to be indifferent because I wished it; I believed it on impartial conviction, as truly as I wished it in reason.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
