fair-minded

adj
/ˌfɛːˈmaɪndɪd/UK/ˌfɛ(ə)ɹˈmaɪndɪd/US

Etymology

From fair (“equitable, just”) + minded (“having a mind (inclination) for something or a certain way of thinking about things”).

  1. inherited from *méntis — “thought
  2. inherited from *mundiz
  3. inherited from *mundi
  4. inherited from mynd
  5. inherited from minde
  6. suffixed as minded — “mind + ed
  7. compounded as fair-minded — “fair + minded

Definitions

  1. Impartial and unbiased.

    • "You pretend to be a fair-minded man." / "How absurd. How could a man of my position be fair-minded toward you? You might as well speak of a Spaniard being fair-minded toward a piece of steak."
    • I am not a fair-minded woman. It is simply that I dislike being indebted to a—to a pig.
    • In these circumstances any fair-minded observer must regard the mishap as a stroke of sheer ill-luck.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fair-minded. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA