PARTIALITY

partiality, partisanship

(noun) an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives

fondness, fancy, partiality

(noun) a predisposition to like something; “he had a fondness for whiskey”; “she had dismissed him quite brutally, relegating him to the status of a passing fancy, or less”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

partiality (countable and uncountable, plural partialities)

Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.

The quality of being partial or incomplete.

Anagrams

• patriality

Source: Wiktionary


Par`ti*al"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. partialité.]

1. 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.

2. A predilection or inclination to one thing rather than to others; special taste or liking; as, a partiality for poetry or painting. Roget.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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