Synonyms for partiality
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Noun
1. Bias
bias, predilection, prejudice, fondness, fancy, favor US, favour UK, proclivity, love, predisposition, propensity, taste, inclination, bent, liking, like, relish, leaning, cup of tea, bag, tendentiousness, affection, tendency
Other
favoritism US, favouritism UK, partisanship, injustice, inequity, partialness
Definitions
- n. 1
Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.
The judge's partiality towards the defendant caused him to be replaced, with someone who was apparently more neutral.
Forms
- Plural
- partialities → biases, predilections, prejudices, fondnesses…
Example sentences
- bias She has a strong bias against abstract painting.
- prejudice I don't have a prejudice against foreign workers.
- fondness He has a morbid fondness for murder mysteries.
- predilection She always had a predilection for round numbers.
- injustice I should not close my eyes when I face injustice.
- partisanship No. It is not a matter of partisanship, it is a matter of America.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| partiality | steady | |
| bias | rising | |
| prejudice | steady | |
| fondness | rising | |
| predilection | steady | |
| injustice | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bag1
- 4 letters
- like1, love1, bias2, bent1
- 5 letters
- taste1, favor2, fancy2
- 6 letters
- favour2, liking2, relish2
- 7 letters
- leaning2
- 8 letters
- tendency3, fondness2, inequity4
- 9 letters
- affection3, prejudice3, injustice3
- 10 letters
- propensity4, favoritism5, proclivity4
- 11 letters
- inclination4, favouritism, partialness
- 12 letters
- partisanship4, predilection4
- 14 letters
- predisposition5
- 15 letters
- tendentiousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bias2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- partialité
- Italiano
- parzialità
- Español
- parcialidad
- Deutsch
- Verzerrung