Favoritism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A display of partiality toward a favored person or group.
  • n. The state of being held in special favor.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Alternative spelling of favouritism.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The disposition to favor and promote the interest of one person or family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others having equal claims; partiality.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The disposition to favor one person or family, or one class of men, to the neglect of others having equal claims.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
  • n. an inclination to favor some person or group
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tendency    inclination    disposition   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    partiality   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    nepotism    favouritism    cronyism    jobbery    peculation    mismanagement    partiality    embezzlement    bribery    extortion   
     
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