Meaning of PARTIALITY
| Pronunciation: | | pâr'shalitee
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- [n] an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
- [n] a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey"
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| | Synonyms: | | fancy, fondness, partisanship |
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| | Antonyms: | | impartiality, nonpartisanship | | |
| | See Also: | | anthropocentricity, anthropocentrism, bias, disposition, ethnocentrism, Eurocentrism, inclination, inequity, liking, localism, preconception, prejudice, provincialism, sectionalism, tendency, tilt, unfairness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Par`ti*al"i*ty\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. partialit['e].]
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.
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| | Related Terms: | | affinity, appreciation, bag, bent, bias, chosen kind, clannishness, clanship, cliqueyness, cliquishness, cliquism, cup of tea, denominationalism, discrimination, druthers, esprit de corps, ethnocentricity, exclusiveness, eye, faction, factionalism, fancy, fascination, favor, favoritism, fetish, fondness, forejudgment, inclination, inclining, inequality, interest, involvement, jaundice, jaundiced eye, leaning, liking, love, mutual affinity, mutual attraction, nepotism, one-sidedness, parti pris, partialism, particular choice, partisanism, partisanship, party spirit, penchant, personal choice, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, preferential treatment, prejudgment, prejudice, prepossession, proclivity, propensity, relish, sectarianism, sectionalism, soft spot, style, sympathy, taste, tendency, thing, turn, twist, type, undetachment, undispassionateness, unneutrality, weakness |
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