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This word describes being fair, impartial, and morally just in judgment or treatment. It is often used in serious or public contexts such as law, decisions, evaluations, and social systems.
fair、impartial、just、unbiased
Describes a judgment, attitude, person, or system as fair, impartial, and in line with what is right. In the form อย่างเที่ยงธรรม, it is used adverbially to mean “fairly” or “impartially.”
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ผู้พิพากษาต้องเที่ยงธรรม phûu phíphâaksǎa tɔ̂ŋ thîaŋtham A judge must be impartial. ผู้พิพากษาต้องเที่ยงธรรม details
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การตัดสินที่เที่ยงธรรม kaan tàt sǐn thîi thîaŋtham a fair decision การตัดสินที่เที่ยงธรรม details
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Learning notes
Explanation
เที่ยงธรรม combines the idea of being straight or unbiased with the idea of moral rightness. It is not just casual “being fair”; it carries a more serious sense of judging or treating people according to what is right, without favoritism. It fits people in authority, institutions, laws, evaluations, and formal decisions.
Usage
Use it when talking about courts, laws, politics, school or workplace evaluations, organizational decisions, discipline, or social systems where fair and impartial judgment matters. It also fits news and formal writing.
Caution
Here เที่ยง does not mean “noon”; it carries the sense of being straight or unbiased. In casual conversation, for “That’s not fair,” ไม่แฟร์ may sound more natural.
Differences from similar words
1 fair synonyms
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ยุติธรรม is a common word for being just or legally/morally fair. เที่ยงธรรม puts more emphasis on impartiality and not favoring one side in judgment or treatment.
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เที่ยงตรง can mean accurate, upright, or honest, and can describe things like time or information. เที่ยงธรรม is mainly used for fairness and impartiality in decisions, treatment, or systems.