单词 | both-sided |
释义 | both-sidedadj. That sees or supports both sides of an argument, debate, etc.; that takes both sides into account. Frequently contrasted with one-sided. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [adjective] > impartial indifferent1413 universal?c1450 unpartial1551 inaffectionate1558 evened1578 unpassionate1587 unaffectionate1588 affectionless1595 dispassionate1595 impartial1597 unappassionate1598 unpassioned?1605 even-handed1611 unpassionated1611 dispassioneda1631 unpropense1641 uninteressed1643 uninteresteda1646 dispassionated1647 free1653 unconcerned1664 equanimous1670 unbiased1686 both-sided1830 1830 Age 11 July 220/1 The Anti-Catholic Lord Liverpool, the Pro-Catholic Mr. Canning, the neither-side Lord Goderich, and the both-sided Duke of Wellington. 1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics vi. 98 One-sided conceptions..are developed into both-sided conceptions. 1987 M. S. Peck Different Drum (1990) xii. 244 Being a ‘both-sided’, paradoxical proclamation, it is a true statement. 2004 I. W. Zartman in A. Wimmer et al. Facing Ethnic Confl. ix. 146 In most cases.., internal conflicts end in a one-sided victory rather than a both-sided negotiation. Derivatives ˈˌboth-ˈˌsidedness n. the accommodation or acknowledgement of two (often incompatible) positions; spec. (a) duplicity; (b) impartiality. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > fairness or equity evennessOE rightOE equityc1315 evenheadc1350 charityc1430 evenhood1496 consciencea1538 equalness1548 equality1556 equanimity1607 candour1616 equitableness1648 candidness1661 just1667 both-sidedness1845 1845 Critic 25 Oct. 529/1 By and by, a ludicrous incident reveals the both-sidedness of Jack. 1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. xvi. 397 There are dangers from the want of a due both-sidedness. 2012 M. O. Slavin in L. Aron & A. Harris Expansion of Theory xviii. 405 Noah is trying to find out if his mother can somehow hold and acknowledge the both-sidedness, the multiplicity, in these positions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1830 |
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