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Definition of Fair-mindedness

1. Noun. Ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fair-mindedness

Literary usage of Fair-mindedness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ethics for Children: A Guide for Teachers and Parents by Ella (Lyman). Cabot (1910)
"FEBRUARY: JUSTICE AND FAIR- MINDEDNESS Read: ABRAHAM LINCOLN1 BY TOM TAYLOR You lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier, You, who with mocking pencil wont ..."

2. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1851)
"For our own part, we believe that fair-mindedness in the interpretation of Scripture is one of the rarest graces of the Christian character. ..."

3. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1851)
"For our own part, we believe that fair-mindedness in the interpretation of Scripture is one of the rarest graces of the Christian character. ..."

4. Studies in Modern Socialism and Labor Problems by Thomas Edwin Brown (1886)
"I have confidence in the fair-mindedness and good intention and kindly spirit of the average employer. I have confidence in the fair-mindedness of the ..."

5. The Methodist Review (1898)
"The principal religions of the empire are delineated with a fair-mindedness which must impress the reader most pleasantly. The thought is with the reader as ..."

6. Special Method in History: A Complete Outline of a Course of Study in by Charles Alexander McMurry (1903)
"To cultivate fair-mindedness and honesty, to see clearly both sides of an historical controversy, is, in this respect, the true standard of history Study. ..."

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