evenhandedness

noun

Definition of evenhandednessnext
as in neutrality
lack of favoritism toward one side or another we trust the evenhandedness of our marriage counselor implicitly

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  1. neutrality
  2. objectivity
  3. neutralism
Noun
  • Soon-Shiong argued that a move toward neutrality is essential for the newspaper’s survival.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Between the lines: China's government has in recent years heavily invested in operations in the Canal Zone, raising concerns about its neutrality.
    Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of neutrality
Noun
  • Feminist philosophers, like Martha Nussbaum and Annette Baier, offer an explanation for our refusal to relinquish it: The claim to objectivity offers us the dream of invulnerability.
    Sigal Samuel, Vox, 6 Jan. 2025
  • American supporters of Israel recoiled, arguing that Carter had lost the objectivity that had guided him at Camp David.
    Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of objectivity
Noun
  • India, an avatar of forceful neutralism early on, saw its influence diminished by regional conflict and domestic troubles.
    Erez Manela, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Globalizing impulses helped bring about a flourishing of neutralism.
    Leo Robson, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2016
Definition of neutralism
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