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partiality

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As a noun, partiality means preference, bias in favor of, tendency.

Meanings of partiality

4 meanings

noun

  1. Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.

    “The judge's partiality towards the defendant caused him to be replaced, with someone who was apparently more neutral.”

  2. The quality of being partial or incomplete.

  3. A predisposition to like somethingfeeling

    “he had a fondness for whiskey”

    “she had dismissed him quite brutally, relegating him to the status of a passing fancy, or less”

    Similar: fondness, fancy

  4. An inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives

    Similar: partisanship

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: a predisposition to like something
fondnessfancy
noun: an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over…
partisanship
Oppositesimpartiality

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