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Etymology
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From Middle English fairness, fæȝernesse, from Old English fæġernes (“fairness; beauty; pleasantness”), equivalent to fair + -ness. Cognate with Old High German fagarnessi (“fairness”).
Pronunciation
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fairness (countable and uncountable, plural fairnesses)
- The property of being fair or equitable.
Some questioned the fairness of the new laws.
2024 January 28, Charles Hugh Smith, Our Tax System Is an Unfair Mess: Here's How to Fix It[1]:The reason why fairness in taxation matters is institutionalized unfairness rots society from the inside, and the social order and economy eventually collapse.
- (archaic or literary) The property of being fair or beautiful.
- Synonyms: fairhood, beauty
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Translations
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property of being just, equitable
- Arabic: إِنْصَاف (ar) (ʔinṣāf)
- Armenian: արդարություն (hy) (ardarutʻyun)
- 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
- Georgian: სამართლიანობა (samartlianoba)
- 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)
- Macedonian: правичност f (pravičnost)
- 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)
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property of being beautiful
— see beautyAnagrams
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