partiality — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   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.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

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

Sostantivo

1. a predisposition to like something

   Sinonimi

   fondnessfancy

   Termini più generali

   liking

   Esempi

   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

   Sinonimi

   partisanship

   Contrari

   impartiality

   Termini più generali

   inclinationdispositiontendency