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par·ti·al·i·ty

(pär′shē-ăl′ĭ-tē, pär-shăl′-)

n. pl. par·ti·al·i·ties

1. Prejudice or bias in favor of something.

2. A special fondness; a predilection: had a partiality for cats. See Synonyms at predilection.

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partiality

(ˌpɑːʃɪˈælɪtɪ)

n, pl -ties

1. favourable prejudice or bias

2. (usually foll by for) liking or fondness

3. the state or condition of being partial

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par•ti•al•i•ty

(ˌpɑr ʃiˈæl ɪ ti, pɑrˈʃæl-)

n., pl. -ties.

1. a favorable bias.

2. a special fondness or liking.

[1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin]

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Noun	1.	partiality - a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey" fondness, fancy liking - a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin"
	2.	partiality - an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives partisanship inclination, tendency, disposition - an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" anthropocentricity, anthropocentrism - an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values ethnocentrism - belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group Eurocentrism - belief in the preeminence of Europe and the Europeans bias, prejudice, preconception - a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation tilt - a slight but noticeable partiality; "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings" sectionalism, localism, provincialism - a partiality for some particular place unfairness - partiality that is not fair or equitable impartiality, nonpartisanship - an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally

partiality

noun

1. liking, love, taste, weakness, preference, inclination, affinity, penchant, fondness, predisposition, predilection, proclivity his partiality for junk food
liking disgust, dislike, loathing, distaste, aversion, revulsion, antipathy, abhorrence, disinclination

2. bias, preference, prejudice, favouritism, predisposition, partisanship The judge was accused of partiality.
bias equity, fairness, objectivity, impartiality, disinterest

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partiality

noun

1. Favorable or preferential bias:

favor, favoritism, partialness, preference.

2. An inclination for or against that inhibits impartial judgment:

bias, one-sidedness, partisanship, prejudice, prepossession, tendentiousness.

3. A liking for something:

appetite, fondness, preference, relish, taste, weakness.

4. An inclination to something:

bent, bias, cast, disposition, leaning, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, squint, tendency, trend, turn.

Translations

تَفْضيل، تَحَيُّز، مُحاباهوَلَع

náklonnostslaboststranictví

forkærlighedpartiskhed

Parteilichkeit Vorliebe

parcialidad

partialité

dálætihlutdrægni

parzialit...parzialità

svakhet for

düşkünlüktaraf tutma

偏袒癖好

partiality

[ˌpɑːʃɪˈælɪtɪ] N

1. (= bias) → parcialidad f (towards hacia)

2. (= liking) → debilidad f (for, to por) → gusto m (for, to por)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

partiality

[ˌpɑː^rʃiˈælɪti] n

(= fondness) → penchant m
He has a great partiality for chocolate biscuits → Il a un fort penchant pour les biscuits au chocolat.

(= bias) → partialité f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

partiality

(= bias) → Voreingenommenheit f; (of judgement) → Parteilichkeit f; without partiality → unvoreingenommen, unparteiisch

(= liking) → Vorliebe f → (for für), Schwäche f → (for für)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

partiality

[ˌpɑːʃɪˈælɪtɪ] n

a. (bias) partiality (towards) → parzialità (verso)

b. (liking) partiality (for) → predilezione f (per) → debole m (per)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

partial

(ˈpaːʃəl) adjective

1. not complete; in part only. a partial success; partial payment.

2. having a liking for (a person or thing). He is very partial to cheese.

ˌpartiˈality (-ʃiˈӕləti) noun

1. a liking for. He has a partiality for cheese.

2. the preferring of one person or side more than another. He could not help showing his partiality for/towards his own team.

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But what is to be the object of this capricious partiality in the national councils?

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I may perhaps do no good but that of relieving my own mind by this letter, but I felt it my duty to tell you that your partiality for Lady Susan is no secret to your friends, and to warn you against her.

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For, indeed, who is there alive that will not be swayed by his bias and partiality to the place of his birth?

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Nothing had ever suggested it before, but they felt that there was no other way of accounting for such attentions from such a quarter than by supposing a partiality for their niece.

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It is hoped that, after this confession, whoever shall compare this attempt with the original, if he shall find no proofs of fraud or partiality, will candidly overlook any failure of judgment.

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One said, "I'll assure you, madam hath had good luck." A second cryed, "See what it is to be a favourite!" A third, "Ay, this comes of her learning." Every person made some malicious comment or other on the occasion, and reflected on the partiality of the justice.

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It was a disadvantage to the lad; for the kinder among us did not wish to fret the master, so we humoured his partiality; and that humouring was rich nourishment to the child's pride and black tempers.

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But your mind is warped by an innate principle of general integrity, and therefore not accessible to the cool reasonings of family partiality, or a desire of revenge."

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The incipient mutineer was more outraged than ever, then, at what he denounced as the partiality shown the captain's table over the other tables in the ship.

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Observing my partiality for domestic pets, she lost no opportunity of procuring those of the most agreeable kind.

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without partiality; but Mrs Charles knows no more how they should be treated--!

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Nor does it unfrequently occur, that Nantucket captains will send a son of such tender age away from them, for a protracted three or four years' voyage in some other ship than their own; so that their first knowledge of a whaleman's career shall be unenervated by any chance display of a father's natural but untimely partiality, or undue apprehensiveness and concern.

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