partiality — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

   Beispiele

   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.

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

   Beispiele

   Illness confronts the self with partiality, incompleteness, and mortality.

Substantiv

1. a predisposition to like something

   Synonyme

   fondnessfancy

   Oberbegriffe

   liking

   Beispiele

   he had a fondness for whiskey

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

2. an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives

   Synonyme

   partisanship

   Antonyme

   impartiality

   Oberbegriffe

   inclinationdispositiontendency