Meanings
plural impartialities
- countableuncountableThe quality of being impartial; fairness.
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.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 514Synonyms: impartialness, disinterested § Synonyms
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being impartial; fairness.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchimpartialité
- Englishimpartiality
From Middle French impartialité. By surface analysis, impartial + -ity = im- + partial + -ity.
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَزَاهَة, حِيَاد
- نَزَاهَة (nazāha)the quality of being impartial; fairness
- حِيَاد (ḥiyād)the quality of being impartial; fairness
Bulgarian безпристра́стност, непредубеде́ност
- безпристра́стност (bezpristrástnost)the quality of being impartial; fairness
- непредубеде́ност (nepredubedénost)the quality of being impartial; fairness
Catalan imparcialitat
- imparcialitatthe quality of being impartial; fairness
Czech nestrannost
- nestrannostthe quality of being impartial; fairness
Dutch onpartijdigheid
- onpartijdigheidthe quality of being impartial; fairness
Finnish puolueettomuus
- puolueettomuusthe quality of being impartial; fairness
French impartialité
- impartialitéthe quality of being impartial; fairness
German Unvoreingenommenheit, Unparteilichkeit
- Unvoreingenommenheitthe quality of being impartial; fairness
- Unparteilichkeitthe quality of being impartial; fairness
- Objektivitätthe quality of being impartial; fairness
Greek αμεροληψία
- αμεροληψία (amerolipsía)the quality of being impartial; fairness
Hindi निरपेक्षता
- निरपेक्षता (nirpekṣatā)the quality of being impartial; fairness
Irish neamhchlaontacht
- neamhchlaontachtthe quality of being impartial; fairness
Latin aequitās
- aequitāsthe quality of being impartial; fairness
Polish bezstronność
- bezstronnośćthe quality of being impartial; fairness
Portuguese imparcialidade
- imparcialidadethe quality of being impartial; fairness
Romanian imparțialitate, nepărtinitate
- imparțialitatethe quality of being impartial; fairness
- nepărtinitatethe quality of being impartial; fairness
- obiectivitatethe quality of being impartial; fairness
Russian непредвзя́тость, беспристра́стность
- непредвзя́тость (nepredvzjátostʹ)the quality of being impartial; fairness
- беспристра́стность (bespristrástnostʹ)the quality of being impartial; fairness
Slovak nestrannosť
- nestrannosťthe quality of being impartial; fairness
Spanish imparcialidad
- imparcialidadthe quality of being impartial; fairness
Ukrainian неупере́дженість, безсторо́нність
- неупере́дженість (neuperédženistʹ)the quality of being impartial; fairness
- безсторо́нність (bezstorónnistʹ)the quality of being impartial; fairness
Yiddish אומצדדימדיקייט, אומפּאַרטיייִשקייט
- אומצדדימדיקייט (umtsdodimdikeyt)the quality of being impartial; fairness
- אומפּאַרטיייִשקייט (umparteyishkeyt)the quality of being impartial; fairness
Cite this entry
impartiality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impartiality
“impartiality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impartiality. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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