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even-handedness

even-handedness is the alternative spelling of evenhandedness.

Meaning of evenhandedness

Noun

evenhandedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being evenhanded; fairness, impartiality.
    • The uproar […] came as the prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, is under increasing pressure to demonstrate evenhandedness.2007 January 26, Marc Santora, “Iraq Leader and Sunni Officials in Clash on Security”, in New York Times

Origin of even-handedness

From even-handed + -ness.

Questions about even-handedness

What is even-handedness the alternative spelling of?
Even-handedness is the alternative spelling of evenhandedness.

Words near even-handedness in the dictionary

  1. even-christians
  2. even-down
  3. even-even
  4. even-handed
  5. even-handedly
  6. even-handedness
  7. even-interval
  8. even-keel
  9. even-keeled
  10. even-minded
  11. even-mindedly

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