Definition of Evenhandedness

1. Noun. The quality or state of being evenhanded ¹

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Definition of Evenhandedness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Evenhandedness

even spacing
even steven
even though
even up
evendown
evene
evened
evener
eveners
evenes
evenest
evenfall
evenfalls
evenhanded
evenhandedly
evenhandedness
evenhead
evenhood
evenhoods
evenin'
evening
evening-primrose family
evening-snow
evening bag
evening clothes
evening dress
evening dresses
evening glove
evening gown
evening grosbeak

Literary usage of Evenhandedness

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

1. Agriculture in the Gatt: An Analysis of Alternative Approaches to Reform by Joachim Zietz, Alberto Valdés (1988)
"The issue of evenhandedness of trade reform is also crucial in any effort to secure the support of special interest groups within a given country for trade ..."

2. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by James Anthony Froude (1863)
"Had Smith been the only offender it might have been expected that he would have been gladly sacrificed as an evidence of Elizabeth's evenhandedness; ..."

3. The Classical World by Classical Association of the Atlantic States (1916)
"... his evenhandedness of justice, the literary quality of his presentation, and the perspicuity and economy with which he accomplishes his purpose, ..."

4. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, and Characters. With an Historical Sketch of the by Henry Norman Hudson (1882)
"This difference may be fairly taken as an argument of the Poet's candour and evenhandedness. A special-pleader is not apt to leave the hearers in doubt on ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"He sometimes loved to pose as the champion of the simplicity and evenhandedness of the early law, at others to denounce it for its subtleties ; sometimes he ..."

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