About The Word Favoritism
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Favoritism
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What's The Definition Of Favoritism?
[n] unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
[n] an inclination to favor some person or group Synonyms | Synonyms for Favoritism: discrimination | favouritism | favouritism Related Terms | Find terms related to Favoritism: bent | bias | discrimination | forejudgment | inclination | inequality | interest | involvement | jaundice | jaundiced eye | leaning | nepotism | one-sidedness | parti pris | partialism | partiality | partisanism | partisanship | preconception | predilection | predisposition | preference | preferential treatment | preferment | prejudgment | prejudice | prepossession | proclivity | twist | undetachment | undispassionateness | unneutrality See Also | able-bodiedism | able-bodism | ableism | ablism | ageism | agism | croneyism | cronyism | disposition | fatism | fattism | heterosexism | inclination | nepotism | racial discrimination | racialism | racism | sexism | social control | tendency Favoritism In Webster's Dictionary \Fa"vor*it*ism\, n. [Cf. F. favoritisme.]
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.
A spirit of favoritism to the Bank of the United
States. --A. Hamilton.
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