noun. The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.

noun. an inclination to favor some person or group

noun. unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice

""Didn't hear what I said, did he?" muttered the lad, with an anxious look, for he had been growling at what he called the favouritism served out to some of the companies in choosing them to go out and have the first chance of being shot; and this, he told himself, was mutinous."

disposition  inclination  tendency  

bribery  chicane  chicanery  cronyism  demoralization  

favoritism