Meaning of FAVORITISM
| Pronunciation: | | 'feyvuri`tizum
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- [n] unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
- [n] an inclination to favor some person or group
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| | Synonyms: | | discrimination, favouritism, favouritism |
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| | See Also: | | able-bodiedism, able-bodism, ableism, ablism, ageism, agism, croneyism, cronyism, disposition, fatism, fattism, heterosexism, inclination, nepotism, racial discrimination, racialism, racism, sexism, social control, tendency | |
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| | Definition: | | \Fa"vor*it*ism\, n. [Cf. F. favoritisme.]
The disposition to favor and promote the interest of one
person or family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of
others having equal claims; partiality.
A spirit of favoritism to the Bank of the United
States. --A. Hamilton.
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| | Related Terms: | | bent, bias, discrimination, forejudgment, inclination, inequality, interest, involvement, jaundice, jaundiced eye, leaning, nepotism, one-sidedness, parti pris, partialism, partiality, partisanism, partisanship, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, preferential treatment, preferment, prejudgment, prejudice, prepossession, proclivity, twist, undetachment, undispassionateness, unneutrality |
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