fairness
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See also: Fairness
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English fairness, fæȝernesse, from Old English fæġernes (“fairness; beauty; pleasantness”), equivalent to fair + -ness. Cognate with Old High German fagarnessi (“fairness”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fairness (countable and uncountable, plural fairnesses)
- The property of being fair or equitable.
- Some questioned the fairness of the new laws.
- 2024 January 28, Charles Hugh Smith, Our Tax System Is an Unfair Mess: Here's How to Fix It[1]:
- The reason why fairness in taxation matters is institutionalized unfairness rots society from the inside, and the social order and economy eventually collapse.
- (archaic or literary) The property of being fair or beautiful.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]property of being just, equitable
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property of being beautiful — see beauty
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