IMPARTIAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Free from undue bias or preconceived opinions

Example:

the impartial eye of a scientist

Synonyms:

impartial; unprejudiced

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

color-blind; colour-blind; nonracist (unprejudiced about race)

Also:

open; receptive (ready or willing to receive favorably)

Derivation:

impartiality (an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Showing lack of favoritism

Example:

the cold neutrality of an impartial judge

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

disinterested (unaffected by self-interest)

cold-eyed; dispassionate (unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice)

indifferent; unbiased; unbiassed (characterized by a lack of partiality)

indifferent (marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another)

Also:

fair; just (free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules)

Antonym:

partial (showing favoritism)

Derivation:

impartiality (an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally)

Credits

Context examples:

Elinor was half inclined to ask her reason for thinking so, because satisfied that none founded on an impartial consideration of their age, characters, or feelings, could be given;—but her mother must always be carried away by her imagination on any interesting subject, and therefore instead of an inquiry, she passed it off with a smile.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

I did not believe her to be indifferent because I wished it; I believed it on impartial conviction, as truly as I wished it in reason.