impartialadj.

/ɪmˈpɑːʃəl/

Etymology: < im- prefix² + partial adj. and n. Compare French impartial (1732 Dict. de Trévoux).

1. Not partial; not favouring one party or side more than another; unprejudiced, unbiased, fair, just, equitable. (Of persons, their conduct, etc.)

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > rightness or justice > [adjective] > impartial

indifferent1413

universal?c1450

unpartial1551

inaffectionate1558

evened1578

unpassionate1587

unaffectionate1588

affectionless1595

dispassionate1595

impartial1597

unappassionate1598

unpassioned?1605

even-handed1611

unpassionated1611

dispassioneda1631

unpropense1641

uninteressed1643

uninteresteda1646

dispassionated1647

free1653

unconcerned1664

equanimous1670

unbiased1686

both-sided1830

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 115 Impartiall are our eies and eares.

1616 W. Cornwallis Essayes Certaine Paradoxes sig. C3 The most innocent, and impartiall witnesses.

1698 R. South 12 Serm. III. 72 A clear and a right Judging Conscience must be always Impartial;..it must judge all by Evidence, and nothing by Inclination.

1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxv. 43 Their Sovereign, if not favourable to their cause, at least was impartial.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xvi. 384 His cause was never submitted to an impartial tribunal.

†2. Not partial or fragmentary; entire, complete. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > complete or without exception

entirea1400

catholic1664

impartiala1716

total1935

a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. i. 5 The Obedience which God requires is impartial and universal, the Obedience of the whole Man.

3. Misused for partial. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. iv. 86 Cruel, vniust, impartiall destinies, Why to this day haue you preseru'd my life?

1620 Swetnam Arraigned by Women iii. sig. F3 You are impartiall, and we doe appeale From you to Iudges more indifferent.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	impartial
释义	impartialadj. /ɪmˈpɑːʃəl/ Etymology: < im- prefix² + partial adj. and n. Compare French impartial (1732 Dict. de Trévoux). 1. Not partial; not favouring one party or side more than another; unprejudiced, unbiased, fair, just, equitable. (Of persons, their conduct, etc.) ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [adjective] > impartial indifferent1413 universal?c1450 unpartial1551 inaffectionate1558 evened1578 unpassionate1587 unaffectionate1588 affectionless1595 dispassionate1595 impartial1597 unappassionate1598 unpassioned?1605 even-handed1611 unpassionated1611 dispassioneda1631 unpropense1641 uninteressed1643 uninteresteda1646 dispassionated1647 free1653 unconcerned1664 equanimous1670 unbiased1686 both-sided1830 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 115 Impartiall are our eies and eares. View more context for this quotation 1616 W. Cornwallis Essayes Certaine Paradoxes sig. C3 The most innocent, and impartiall witnesses. 1698 R. South 12 Serm. III. 72 A clear and a right Judging Conscience must be always Impartial;..it must judge all by Evidence, and nothing by Inclination. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxv. 43 Their Sovereign, if not favourable to their cause, at least was impartial. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xvi. 384 His cause was never submitted to an impartial tribunal. †2. Not partial or fragmentary; entire, complete. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > complete or without exception entirea1400 catholic1664 impartiala1716 total1935 a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. i. 5 The Obedience which God requires is impartial and universal, the Obedience of the whole Man. 3. Misused for partial. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. iv. 86 Cruel, vniust, impartiall destinies, Why to this day haue you preseru'd my life? View more context for this quotation 1620 Swetnam Arraigned by Women iii. sig. F3 You are impartiall, and we doe appeale From you to Iudges more indifferent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1597
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