fair-minded

From fair (“equitable, just”) +‎ minded (“having a mind (inclination) for something or a certain way of thinking about things”).^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛːˈmaɪndɪd/, /ˈfɛːˌmaɪndɪd/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ(ə)ɹˈmaɪndɪd/, /ˈfɛ(ə)ɹˌmaɪndɪd/
• Hyphenation: fair-mind‧ed

fair-minded (comparative more fair-minded, superlative most fair-minded)

1. Impartial and unbiased.

   Synonyms: fair, fairhanded, just; see also Thesaurus:impartial

   • 1922 June, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz”, in Tales of the Jazz Age, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published September 1922, →OCLC, part VI, page 167:

     "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."

   • 1943, Walter R[ollin] Brooks, Freddy and the Bean Home News, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC:

     I am not a fair-minded woman. It is simply that I dislike being indebted to a—to a pig.

   • 1961 March, “Talking of Trains: That Royal Train failure”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 135:

     In these circumstances any fair-minded observer must regard the mishap as a stroke of sheer ill-luck.

• fairminded

• fair-mindedly, fairmindedly
• fair-mindedness, fairmindedness