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evenhandedness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
even-hand-ed-ness
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being evenhanded; fairness, impartiality.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English evenhanded Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English evenhandedness From evenhanded + -ness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

even-handedness (alternative)

Derived Forms

unevenhandedness

Frequently Paired Words

evenhandedly

Questions

What does evenhandedness mean?
The quality of being evenhanded; fairness, impartiality.
Where does evenhandedness come from?
Etymology tree English evenhanded Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English evenhandedness From evenhanded + -ness.

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