fairness

noun

/ˈfɛə.nəs/UK/ˈfɛɚ.nəs/US/ˈfeː.nəs/

Etymology

From Middle English fairness, fæȝernesse, from Old English fæġernes (“fairness; beauty; pleasantness”), equivalent to fair + -ness. Cognate with Old High German fagarnessi (“fairness”).

inherited from fæġernes
inherited from fairness

Definitions

1
The property of being fair or equitable.
- Some questioned the fairness of the new laws.
- The reason why fairness in taxation matters is institutionalized unfairness rots society from the inside, and the social order and economy eventually collapse.
The property of being fair or beautiful.

The neighborhood

Derived

fairness doctrine, in all fairness, in fairness, max-min fairness, unfairness

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at fairness. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at fairness. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at fairness

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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