partiality

[Par`ti*al·i*ty]

Partiality is the habit of favoring something taking its part. If your parents always seem to let your little sister off the hook while you get grounded, you could accuse them of partiality in their parenting. They favor your sister over you.

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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
an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives

Noun
a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey"


n.
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.

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


Partiality

Par`ti*al"i*ty (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. partialit'82.] 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.

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.

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Usage Examples

I have developed a very strong partiality for the dead: they don't talk back, they don't sue, and they don't have angry relatives.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party.

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