Partiality

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  • noun. Prejudice or bias in favor of something.
  • noun. A special fondness; a predilection: synonym: predilection.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state or character of being partial.
  • noun. A special fondness; a stronger inclination to one person or thing than to others: with to or for: as, a partiality for poetry or painting.
  • noun. A party; faction.
  • noun. Synonyms Favoritism, unfairness
  • noun. Liking, predilection, leaning, fancy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality or state of being partial; inclination to favor one party, or one side of a question, more than the other; undue bias of mind.
  • noun. A predilection or inclination to one thing rather than to others; special taste or liking.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
  • noun. a predisposition to like something
  • Word Usage
    "This generous assistant was a disbanded officer, of a good family and fair reputation; who, by what we call the partiality of fortune, to avoid censuring the iniquities of the times, wanted even a plain suit of clothes to make a decent appearance at the castle."
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    fondness  
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    liking  
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    affinity  appreciation  bag  bent  bias