单词 | unbiased |
释义 | unbiasedadj. 1. Of bowls, etc.: Having no bias. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > symmetry or regularity > [adjective] > of a spherical object unbiased1607 spherosymmetrical1964 1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Inforst Mariage iv These men..headlong run, like an unbias'd bowl. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 173 The piston, therefore, being in an unbiassed state, as regards the pressure, will again be raised to its original situation by the counterpoise weights. 2. figurative. Not unduly or improperly influenced or inclined; unprejudiced, impartial: a. Of persons. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [adjective] unpossesseda1586 affectionless1595 respectless1598 unprejudicating1602 spacious1609 unprejudicate1609 unprejudicated1609 undifferencing?1624 unprepossessed1629 imprejudicate1640 unprejudiced1641 unprejudicial1641 unpreoccupated1641 unsuperstitious1652 moderate1654 unforestalled1657 unengaged1659 equipondious1661 uncaptivated1678 unbiased1686 unbigoted1711 Whiggish1715 open-minded1748 progressive1780 liberal1781 prejudiceless1830 broad1832 great-eyed1850 synoptic1852 undogmatic1857 undogmatical1863 superstitionless1879 race-blind1900 personless1932 verlig1968 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 1686 W. Hopkins tr. Ratramnus Body & Bl. (1688) Dissert. v. 100 Which are the Sentiments of Ratramnus, as will evidently appear to any unbyass'd Reader. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 110 They were as sure, that so many, so unbiass'd men, would never be elected again. 1710 Tatler No. 235. ⁋2 My Lady..is wholly unbiassed in dispensing her Favours among them. 1775 Wesley Calm Address 12 I am unbiassed: I have nothing to hope or fear from either side. 1823 J. Keble Serm. (1848) iii. 72 A considerate unbiassed man, acting steadily by this rule. 1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) xvii. 265 Its [the House of Lords'] veto upon all the measures that pass the Commons,..its more calm deliberation on all questions, unbiassed by mob clamour. b. Of the judgement, mind, feeling, standards of action, etc. ΚΠ 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 209 In humane Learning I appeale to every Mans own impartiall Breast, whether he can boast an unbiassed Judgement? 1673 J. Dryden Amboyna Ep. Ded. sig. A3 You have serv'd Him with unbyass'd Honor, and with unshaken resolution. 1724 J. Swift Let. to Molesworth 16 The Minds of a Jury, which ought to be wholly Free and Unbyassed. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. x. 252 He submitted the choice of the censor to the unbiassed voice of the senate. 1808 ‘H. St. Victor’ Ruins of Rigonda II. 6 A heart, unbiassed to any particular individual. 1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. I. 117 The Linkman sees with unbiassed eyes, and declaims with unblushing enunciation. 1873 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (1876) 104 And probably in no section of religious development is this unbiassed judgement more essentially necessary. c. Of particular actions, opinions, etc. ΚΠ 1668 W. Temple Let. to Sir O. Bridgman in Wks. (1720) II. 63 The general Opinion conceived here, of your Lordship's..unbiass'd Pursuit of the true Interest of the Kingdom. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. iv. 36 Without any other design, than an unbiass'd enquiry after Truth. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 248 He will judge us according to the unforced and unbyassed Use we make of that Light. 1791 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 193 All..which a man without authority can give,—his unbiassed opinion, his honest advice, and his best reasons. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 25 Every field of enquiry was open for the free and unbiassed exercise of the powers of genius. 1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 72 Upon these concurring circumstances—supported as they were by the unbiassed testimony of Dr. G——, he was set at liberty. 1862 H. Spencer First Princ. i. i. §6. 20 An unbiassed consideration of its general aspects. 3. As adv. = unbiassedly adv. at Derivatives. rare. ΚΠ 1796 F. Burney Camilla IV. vii. iv. 40 If impartially and unbiassed, the Major is refused. Derivatives unˈbiassedly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [adverb] unprejudicedly1643 imprejudicately1654 unprejudicatelya1663 fairly1676 unbiassedly1676 unprepossessedly1748 continentally1783 open-mindedly1909 1676 Doctr. of Devils 159 As is plain, if any man do but unbyassedly consider the several places, where the word is used, as I have intimated afore. 1699 Locke in H. R. F. Bourne Life J. Locke (1876) II. xv. 472 With a free mind that unbiassedly pursues truth it cannot be other wise. 1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell iii. ciii. 443 Who..shall Faithfully and Unbyasedly Persue the Blessed Work of Christian Union. 1886 Cyclist 25 Aug. 1165/1 The same printer very unbiassedly turned out both bills. unˈbiassedness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] franchisec1325 liberal-mindedness1625 unbiassednessa1656 unprejudicateness1660 unprejudicedness1664 unprejudice1721 liberality1783 enlargement1806 imprejudice1806 unpossessednessc1819 liberalism1820 open-mindedness1832 liberalness1861 a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) Christian Rdr. sig. b2v He claims the liberty of reserving his own Judgement, and more especially to pag. 387, where in the close of the Tract his unbyassedness is clearly professed. 1692 J. Locke Toleration in Wks. (1714) III. 462 'Tis Want of Attention and Unbyassedness in you, that puts your Religion past doubt with you. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1607 |
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