evenhandedness
Treating all fairly
Evenhandedness is the quality of treating all parties or sides fairly and without favoritism.
Someone who demonstrates evenhandedness applies the same standards and considerations to everyone involved, whether in judgment, distribution of resources, or attention.
The judge was praised for her evenhandedness in hearing both sides of the dispute.
The term implies a deliberate neutrality and balance, as if weighing things with hands held level.
Freedom from prejudice
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
- fair-mindednessUnbiased, equitable thinking
- justiceFair treatment under law
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
unbiasedness · neutrality · honesty · integrity · rectitude · probity · uprightness · decency
Free from emotional involvement
- judiciousHaving sound assessment skills
- unprejudicedFree from preconceptions
- balancedIn a state of equilibrium
- measuredCarefully considered, unhurried
reasoned · detached · disinterested · objective · level-headed · clear-eyed · sober · unswayed
Uniform handling regardless of identity
- parityState of being equal
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
- non-discriminationEqual treatment regardless of difference
- level playing fieldEqual competitive conditions
equal opportunity · equal access · uniformity · consistency · without prejudice · blind justice · meritocracy
Not aligned politically
- unbiasedFree from prejudice
- nonalignmentRefusal to join blocs
- impartialShowing no preference
- disinterestedFree from personal stakes
detached · uncommitted · independent · unaffiliated · middle-ground · fence-sitting · noninterference · uninvolved
impartiality
Freedom from prejudice
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
- fair-mindednessUnbiased, equitable thinking
- justiceFair treatment under law
equity · unbiasedness · neutrality · honesty · integrity · rectitude · probity · uprightness · decency · justness
dispassionate
Free from emotional involvement
- judiciousHaving sound assessment skills
- unprejudicedFree from preconceptions
- balancedIn a state of equilibrium
measured · reasoned · detached · disinterested · objective · level-headed · clear-eyed · sober · unswayed · incorruptible
equal treatment
Uniform handling regardless of identity
- parityState of being equal
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
- non-discriminationEqual treatment regardless of difference
level playing field · equal opportunity · equal access · uniformity · consistency · without prejudice · blind justice · meritocracy
nonpartisan
Not aligned politically
- unbiasedFree from prejudice
- nonalignmentRefusal to join blocs
- impartialShowing no preference
disinterested · detached · uncommitted · independent · unaffiliated · middle-ground · fence-sitting · noninterference · uninvolved · agnostic
- fairnessfair play, fair shake, fair treatment, fair and square, fair share
evenhandednessbias
Unfair inclination or prejudice
unfairness · partiality · favoritism · one-sidedness · discrimination
evenhandednesspartisanship
Loyalty to one faction
factionalism · sectarianism · zealotry · advocacy · chauvinism
hand, even, hands, evenly, handed, evenness, evenhanded, handedness, hander