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partiality
noun par·tial·i·ty \ˌpär-shē-ˈa-lə-tē, pär-ˈsha-lə-tē\
: an unfair tendency to treat one person, group, or thing better than another
: a tendency to like something or someone
plural par·tial·i·ties
Full Definition of PARTIALITY
2
: a special taste or liking
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First Known Use of PARTIALITY
15th century
Related to PARTIALITY
- Synonyms
- favor, nonobjectivity, one-sidedness, bias, parti pris, partisanship, ply, prejudice, tendentiousness
- Antonyms
- impartiality, neutrality, objectivity, open-mindedness, unbiasedness
Rhymes with PARTIALITY
abnormality, actuality, amorality, animality, atonality, axiality, bestiality, bilinguality, bimodality, bipedality, cardinality, classicality, coevality, comicality, commonality, communality, conjugality, cordiality, corporality, criminality, criticality, ethicality, externality, factuality, farcicality, fictionality, functionality, generality, geniality, hospitality, ideality, illegality, immorality, immortality, informality, integrality, internality, irreality, joviality, lexicality, liberality, lineality, literality, logicality, lognormality, marginality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, notionality, nuptiality, optimality, parfocality, personality, physicality, practicality, principality, prodigality, punctuality, quizzicality, rationality, seasonality, sensuality, sexuality, siege mentality, sociality, speciality, subnormality, surreality, technicality, temporality, textuality, topicality, triviality, typicality, unmorality, unreality, verticality, virtuality, whimsicality
PARTIALITY Defined for Kids
partiality
noun par·ti·al·i·ty \ˌpär-shē-ˈa-lə-tē\
Definition of PARTIALITY for Kids
: the quality or state of favoring one side over another
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