fairness

See also: Fairness

English

Etymology

From Middle English fairness, fæȝernesse, from Old English fæġernes (“fairness; beauty; pleasantness”), equivalent to fair +‎ -ness. Cognate with Old High German fagarnessi (“fairness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛəɹ.nəs/

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Noun

fairness (countable and uncountable, plural fairnesses)

1. The property of being fair or equitable.

   Some questioned the fairness of the new laws.

2. (archaic or literary) The property of being fair or beautiful.

   Synonyms: fairhood, beauty

Derived terms

• fairness doctrine
• in all fairness
• in fairness
• max-min fairness

 

Translations

property of being just, equitable

• Armenian: արդարություն (hy) (ardarutʿyun)
• Belarusian: справядлі́васць f (spravjadlívascʹ)
• Bulgarian: справедли́вост (bg) f (spravedlívost), безпристра́стие (bg) n (bezpristrástie)
• Czech: férovost f, spravedlnost (cs) f
• Finnish: oikeudenmukaisuus (fi), reiluus (fi), tasapuolisuus (fi)
• French: justice (fr) f
• Greek: δικαιοκρισία (el) f (dikaiokrisía), εντιμότητα (el) f (entimótita), αμεροληψία (el) f (amerolipsía)
• Hungarian: méltányosság (hu), tisztesség (hu), becsületesség (hu), korrektség (hu), igazságosság (hu)
• Italian: equità (it) f, imparzialità (it) f, giustizia (it), correttezza (it) f
• Kyrgyz: адилеттүүлүк (ky) (adilettüülük), тууралык (ky) (tuuralık), калыстык (ky) (kalıstık), ак ниеттик (ky) (ak niyettik), актык (ky) (aktık)
• Ngazidja Comorian: usawa class 11
• Polish: sprawiedliwość (pl) f
• Portuguese: imparcialidade (pt) f
• Russian: справедли́вость (ru) f (spravedlívostʹ), беспристра́стие (ru) n (bespristrástije) (impartiality)
• Slovak: férovosť f, spravodlivosť (sk) f
• Spanish: imparcialidad (es) f, equidad (es) f
• Ukrainian: справедли́вість f (spravedlývistʹ)

property of being beautiful — see beauty

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