English noun: partiality |
1. | partiality (feeling) a predisposition to like something |
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| Samples | He had a fondness for whiskey.
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| Synonyms | fancy, fondness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | liking |
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2. | partiality (cognition) an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives |
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| Synonyms | partisanship |
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| Broader (hypernym) | disposition, inclination, tendency |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | anthropocentricity, anthropocentrism, bias, ethnocentrism, Eurocentrism, localism, preconception, prejudice, provincialism, sectionalism, tilt, unfairness |
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| Antonyms | impartiality, nonpartisanship |
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