impartiality
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of impartiality
Explanation
Impartiality is a quality of not being biased in one direction or another. Submissions for a school writing contest might be anonymous, to ensure the judges' impartiality. Impartiality is important in legal proceedings, and jury members are screened to make sure they don't have a preconceived opinion that would sway their decision. If you're partial, you have a strong preference for someone or something — whether you're partial to chocolate ice cream or partial to cats. Impartiality, on the other hand, is a neutral, objective feeling. Your culinary impartiality makes you an ideal dining companion; you don't care whether you have Indian food or pizza.
Vocabulary lists containing impartiality
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Example Sentences
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Impartiality is hugely important but so too is providing a service that people pay for through their licence fee.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2023
In her proposal, Harrison cited discriminatory calls outlined in Berkeley Police Review Commission’s 2017 “To Achieve Fairness and Impartiality: Report and Recommendations” report.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2022
Doesn’t matter how well written the Oath of Impartiality is.
From Slate • Jan. 24, 2020
Impartiality is still a value worth defending in mainstream news coverage.
From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2019
Impartiality will have to judge whether such action was deliberate or not; whether in this case also it is crime or folly which has to be laid at the door of the German Government.
From Why We Are at War (2nd Edition, revised) by University of Oxford. Faculty of Modern History
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