Fairness — geht als Begriff auf das englische Wort „fair“ („anständig“, „ordentlich“) zurück. Fairness drückt eine (nicht gesetzlich geregelte) Vorstellung individueller Gerechtigkeit aus. Fairness lässt sich im Deutschen mit akzeptierter Gerechtigkeit und… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Fairness — or being fair may refer to:* Distributive justice * Equity (law) * Fairness, absence of bias in specific realms: ** In probability and statistics, such absence especially modeled by a fair coin ** In American broadcasting, presentation of… … Wikipedia
Fairness — Fair ness, n. The state of being fair, or free form spots or stains, as of the skin; honesty, as of dealing; candor, as of an argument, etc. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fairness — I noun aequitas, appropriateness, balance, detachment, disinterestedness, dispassionateness, equality, equitable treatment, equitableness, equity, evenhanded justice, evenhandedness, fair mindedness, fair play, fair treatment, honesty,… … Law dictionary
fairness — O.E. fægernes “beauty;” see FAIR (Cf. fair) + NESS (Cf. ness). Meaning “evenhandedness” is from mid 15c … Etymology dictionary
fairness — [n] justice candor, charitableness, charity, civility, consideration, courtesy, decency, decorum, disinterestedness, due, duty, equitableness, equity, exactitude, fair mindedness, fair shake*, give and take*, good faith, goodness, honesty, honor … New thesaurus
fairness — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ basic, elementary, simple ▪ This is a matter of basic fairness. ▪ scrupulous (esp. BrE) ▪ Dr Jones was treated with scrupulous fairness by his employers … Collocations dictionary
Fairness — Sportlichkeit; Sportgeist; sportliches Verhalten; Sportsgeist * * * Fair|ness [ fɛ:ɐ̯nɛs], die; : das Fairsein; anständiges Verhalten: große Fairness zeigen. Syn.: ↑ Anstand. * * * Fair| … Universal-Lexikon
fairness — fair|ness [ˈfeərnıs US ˈfer ] n [U] 1.) the quality of being fair ▪ the basic fairness of the judicial system 2.) in fairness (to sb) used after you have just criticized someone, in order to add something that explains their behaviour or… … Dictionary of contemporary English
fairness — fair|ness [ fernəs ] noun uncount behavior that is fair and reasonable in (all) fairness used for making your criticism of someone or something seem less strong: TO BE FAIR: I should say in fairness to him, that he s quite a shrewd politician … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
