fairness
1Fairness — geht als Begriff auf das englische Wort „fair“ („anständig“, „ordentlich“) zurück. Fairness drückt eine (nicht gesetzlich geregelte) Vorstellung individueller Gerechtigkeit aus. Fairness lässt sich im Deutschen mit akzeptierter Gerechtigkeit und… …
2Fairness — or being fair may refer to:* Distributive justice * Equity (law) * Fairness, absence of bias in specific realms: ** In probability and statistics, such absence especially modeled by a fair coin ** In American broadcasting, presentation of… …
3Fairness — Fair ness, n. The state of being fair, or free form spots or stains, as of the skin; honesty, as of dealing; candor, as of an argument, etc. [1913 Webster] …
4fairness — I noun aequitas, appropriateness, balance, detachment, disinterestedness, dispassionateness, equality, equitable treatment, equitableness, equity, evenhanded justice, evenhandedness, fair mindedness, fair play, fair treatment, honesty,… …
5fairness — O.E. fægernes “beauty;” see FAIR (Cf. fair) + NESS (Cf. ness). Meaning “evenhandedness” is from mid 15c …
6fairness — [n] justice candor, charitableness, charity, civility, consideration, courtesy, decency, decorum, disinterestedness, due, duty, equitableness, equity, exactitude, fair mindedness, fair shake*, give and take*, good faith, goodness, honesty, honor …
7fairness — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ basic, elementary, simple ▪ This is a matter of basic fairness. ▪ scrupulous (esp. BrE) ▪ Dr Jones was treated with scrupulous fairness by his employers …
8Fairness — Sportlichkeit; Sportgeist; sportliches Verhalten; Sportsgeist * * * Fair|ness [ fɛ:ɐ̯nɛs], die; : das Fairsein; anständiges Verhalten: große Fairness zeigen. Syn.: ↑ Anstand. * * * Fair| …
9fairness — [[t]fe͟ə(r)nəs[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Fairness is the quality of being reasonable, right, and just. He says the new document will guarantee fairness for blacks in Georgia. ...concern about the fairness of the election campaign. 2) PHRASE: PHR with cl… …
10fairness — fair|ness [ˈfeərnıs US ˈfer ] n [U] 1.) the quality of being fair ▪ the basic fairness of the judicial system 2.) in fairness (to sb) used after you have just criticized someone, in order to add something that explains their behaviour or… …
