impartial
adj/ɪmˈpɑɹ.ʃəl/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French impartial. See im- + partial.
1
Treating all parties, rivals, or disputants equally; not partial; not biased.
- [W]e are to take a ſecond ſurvievv of our Abilities, to ſee if they be confidently fit for that vvhereto our inclination ſvvayeth us: and if upon due impartial examination vve find they are, vve may then follovv the ſvvay of our inclinations.1621 November 12 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), Robert Sanderson, “[Ad Populum.] The Fourth Sermon. In St. Pauls Church London. 4. Nov. 1621.”, in XXXIV Sermons. […], 5th edition, London: […] [A. Clark] for A. Seil, and are to be sold by G. Sawbridge, […], published 1671, →OCLC, paragraph 37, page 208:
- Synonyms
30 terms
candid, cold, clinical, detached, egal, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fairhanded, fair-minded, disinterested, dispassionate, impartial, imprejudicate, indifferent, indistinguishing, neuter, neutral, nonaligned, nonpartial, nonpartisan, nonpersonal, objective, unbiased, unbigoted, uninterested, unpartial, unpartisan, unprejudiced, unprepossessed- Antonyms
- biased, bigoted, conflicted, interested, nonimpartial, partial, partisan, prejudiced, prepossessed, unfair, unimpartial
- Derived terms
- impartialism, impartialist, impartiality, impartially, impartialness, nonimpartial, pseudoimpartial, unimpartial
- Related terms
- analytical, calculating, honest, pseudoimpartial, objectivity
- Hypernyms
- alexithymic, fair, just, lacking