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evenhandedness

noun

as in neutrality
lack of favoritism toward one side or another we trust the evenhandedness of our marriage counselor implicitly

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Recent Examples of evenhandedness One of Homer’s greatest strengths is his evenhandedness, his palpable sympathy for both sides of a conflict. — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evenhandedness
  1. neutrality
  2. objectivity
  3. neutralism
  4. objectiveness
  5. impartiality
Noun
  • But everyone else seemed happy to be there, and cheered each message of neutrality.
    — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The production, under Evans’ precise direction, manages to find a tone that might be paradoxically described as emotionally resonant neutrality.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of neutrality
Noun
  • But the murkiness doesn’t last long in a production that achieves an admirable balance between objectivity and emotion, abstraction and representation.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Fielder and Oppenheim have created a fascinating portrait of a relationship, decimating notions of objectivity in documentary while also interrogating the limits of fiction.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of objectivity
Noun
  • India, an avatar of forceful neutralism early on, saw its influence diminished by regional conflict and domestic troubles.
    — Erez Manela, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Globalizing impulses helped bring about a flourishing of neutralism.
    — Leo Robson, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2016
Definition of neutralism
Noun
  • Scholl was a walking catalogue who brought his journalistic objectiveness to preservation, Matuszewicz said.
    — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2026
Definition of objectiveness
Noun
  • Yet embedding auditors alongside employees, as Amodei suggested, could compromise their impartiality.
    — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Kushner’s role in the Gaza talks called for impartiality, but Hamas negotiators might have had reason to be skeptical.
    — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of impartiality

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“Evenhandedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evenhandedness. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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