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1 Favoritism -- rank: 1000

Favoritism definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary FA'VORITISM, n. 1. The ... foreign bills were calculated merely to indulge a spirit of favoritism to the bank of the United States. Which consideration imposes ... as hath, in a great measure, subdued the influence of favoritism. 3. Exercise of power by favorites. WordNet (r) 3.0 ... 1: an inclination to favor some person or group [syn: favoritism, favouritism] 2: unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice [syn: discrimination, favoritism, favouritism] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1763 1. the showing ... or fact of being a favorite Webster's 1913 Dictionary Favoritism Fa"vor*it*ism, n. [Cf. F. favoritisme.] The ...

2 Nepotism -- rank: 564

... nephew] 1. Fondness for nephews. 2. Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to nephews and other relations. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power ... Latin nepot-, nepos grandson, nephew — more at nephew Date: 1670 favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship • nepotistic ... F. n['e]potisme. See Nephew.] Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage ... disapproval] Moby Thesaurus bias, boodle, campaign contribution, campaign fund, discrimination, favoritism, graft, inclination, inequality, interest, involvement, leaning, one-sidedness, parti pris ...

3 favouritism -- rank: 504

... 1: an inclination to favor some person or group [syn: favoritism, favouritism] 2: unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice [syn: discrimination, favoritism, favouritism] Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (US favoritism) the unfair favouring of one person or group at the ... of another. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Note: in AM, use 'favoritism' If you accuse someone of favouritism, you disapprove of them ...

4 Fair -- rank: 343

... privilege. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established ... by impartiality and honesty ; free from self-interest, prejudice, or favoritism < a very fair person to do business with > b. (1 ...

5 Partiality -- rank: 343

... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Unfairness, injustice, favoritism, bias. 2. Fondness, predilection, liking, fancy, inclination, leaning, bent. Moby ... de corps, ethnocentricity, exclusiveness, eye, faction, factionalism, fancy, fascination, favor, favoritism, fetish, fondness, forejudgment, inclination, inclining, inequality, interest, involvement, jaundice, jaundiced ...

6 Discrimination -- rank: 343

... person or group on the basis of prejudice [syn: discrimination, favoritism, favouritism] 2: the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli ... distinguishment, diversification, division, ease, eclecticism, elegance, elegancy, excellence, fascism, fastidiousness, favoritism, felicitousness, felicity, finesse, finish, fittingness, flow, flowing periods, fluency, good ...

7 Primogeniture -- rank: 343

... based in the ultimate analysis on the primitive feeling of favoritism for the firstborn reflected in the disappointment of Jacob, when ... transfer the right to a younger son. The suggestion of favoritism conveyed by the Hebrew bekhor is manifested in its figurative ...

8 Prejudice -- rank: 217

... do wrong by, doom, drawback, druthers, eagerness, envenom, fancy, favor, favoritism, feeling for, forejudgment, get into trouble, handicap, harass, harm, hex ...

9 Prejudgment -- rank: 217

... Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Prejudice. Moby Thesaurus bent, bias, favoritism, forejudgment, inclination, jaundice, jaundiced eye, leaning, one-sidedness, partialism, partiality ...

10 Preference -- rank: 217

... disposition, dominion, druthers, eccentricity, election, elevation, fancy, fascination, favor, favorite, favoritism, first choice, fondling, free choice, free will, front position, grain ...

11 Predilection -- rank: 217

... tea, delight, diathesis, disposition, druthers, eagerness, eccentricity, fancy, fascination, favor, favoritism, feeling for, forejudgment, grain, idiosyncrasy, inclination, inclining, individualism, jaundice, jaundiced ...

12 Preconception -- rank: 217

... fact, prejudiced view, prejudice. Moby Thesaurus assumption, bent, bias, delusion, favoritism, forejudgment, idee fixe, illusion, inclination, jaundice, jaundiced eye, leaning, one ...

13 Patronage -- rank: 217

... countenance, credential, cure, custodianship, custody, custom, deigning, disdain, encouragement, favor, favoritism, favors of office, financing, fosterage, good name, goodwill, governance, government ...

14 Partial -- rank: 217

... a partial eclipse"; "a partial monopoly"; "partial immunity" 2: showing favoritism [ant: impartial] 3: (followed by `of' or `to') having a ...

15 Order -- rank: 217

... the transaction. 6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.] Acceptance of persons, partiality, favoritism. See under Accept. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary I. SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION ...