Partiality
noun
An unfair preference for one person or thing over another.
The teacher displayed partiality towards her favorite students.
Often appears as...
- show partiality
- accused of partiality
noun
A liking or preference for something.
His partiality for Italian food is quite noticeable.
Often appears as...
- have a partiality for
- develop a partiality
noun
An unfair preference for one person or thing over another.
The teacher displayed partiality towards her favorite students.
Often appears as...
- show partiality
- accused of partiality
noun
A liking or preference for something.
His partiality for Italian food is quite noticeable.
Often appears as...
- have a partiality for
- develop a partiality
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Unfair Bias
Partiality in this context implies unfair support, suggesting someone is being treated better without a fair reason.
His partiality in assigning promotions raised concerns of unfairness.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
This use of partiality often carries a negative tone, as it implies injustice or discrimination.
The jury's partiality undermined the trial's fairness.
Pro Tip 3/3In Professional Settings
Being accused of partiality at work can damage one's reputation, as it questions professional integrity.
She was demoted for showing partiality in team selection.
Pro Tip 1/3Unfair Bias
Partiality in this context implies unfair support, suggesting someone is being treated better without a fair reason.
His partiality in assigning promotions raised concerns of unfairness.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
This use of partiality often carries a negative tone, as it implies injustice or discrimination.
The jury's partiality undermined the trial's fairness.
Pro Tip 3/3In Professional Settings
Being accused of partiality at work can damage one's reputation, as it questions professional integrity.
She was demoted for showing partiality in team selection.
Pro Tip 1/3Unfair Bias
Partiality in this context implies unfair support, suggesting someone is being treated better without a fair reason.
His partiality in assigning promotions raised concerns of unfairness.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
This use of partiality often carries a negative tone, as it implies injustice or discrimination.
The jury's partiality undermined the trial's fairness.
Pro Tip 3/3In Professional Settings
Being accused of partiality at work can damage one's reputation, as it questions professional integrity.
She was demoted for showing partiality in team selection.
Compare with
biasdiscriminatefavouritisminclinationpartisanshippredilectionprejudicepropensitytendency
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Why is Herodotus called...
so Herodotus may have just fallen prey to a translation error. All in all, for someone who was writing in an entirely new style, Herodotus did remarkably well. History, right down to the present day, has always suffered from the partiality
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Rev. Tom Honey: How...
The preacher delivered an extra long sermon, so that they were still out of harm's way when the wave struck. Afterwards someone said that God must have been looking after them. So the next question is about partiality.
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Why is Herodotus called...
so Herodotus may have just fallen prey to a translation error. All in all, for someone who was writing in an entirely new style, Herodotus did remarkably well. History, right down to the present day, has always suffered from the partiality
Video examples
Rev. Tom Honey: How...
The preacher delivered an extra long sermon, so that they were still out of harm's way when the wave struck. Afterwards someone said that God must have been looking after them. So the next question is about partiality.
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Robert Toombs
American Politician
We can today open wide the history of their administrations and point with pride to every act, and challenge the world to point out a single act stained with injustice to the North, or with partiality to their own section.
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Goldwin Smith
Canadian Historian
Dante himself is open to the suspicion of partiality: it is said, not without apparent ground, that he puts into hell all the enemies of the political cause, which, in his eyes, was that of Italy and God.
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Allen West
American Politician
The republic I fell in love with, the republic I risked my life to defend, the values I hold dear, the integrity that we all share - these do not know prejudice and they do not accept partiality.
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Benjamin Robbins Curtis
American Judge
No nation can answer for the equity of proceedings in all its inferior courts. It suffices to provide a supreme judicature by which error and partiality may be corrected.
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Marquis de Lafayette
French Revolutionary
Never was a man further from a partiality for Spain than I am. But I think I now have left them in a sincere and steady intention to cultivate the friendship of America.
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Goldwin Smith
Canadian Historian
The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party.
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Ron Chernow
American Author
I have developed a very strong partiality for the dead: they don't talk back, they don't sue, and they don't have angry relatives.
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.
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Herman Wouk
American Novelist
Discount my partiality, but my report is that so far The Winds of War is looking good.
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Goldwin Smith
Canadian Historian
Personality is lower than partiality.
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Robert Toombs
American Politician
We can today open wide the history of their administrations and point with pride to every act, and challenge the world to point out a single act stained with injustice to the North, or with partiality to their own section.
Quote examples
Goldwin Smith
Canadian Historian
Dante himself is open to the suspicion of partiality: it is said, not without apparent ground, that he puts into hell all the enemies of the political cause, which, in his eyes, was that of Italy and God.
Quote examples
Allen West
American Politician
The republic I fell in love with, the republic I risked my life to defend, the values I hold dear, the integrity that we all share - these do not know prejudice and they do not accept partiality.
Quote examples
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
American Judge
No nation can answer for the equity of proceedings in all its inferior courts. It suffices to provide a supreme judicature by which error and partiality may be corrected.
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Marquis de Lafayette
French Revolutionary
Never was a man further from a partiality for Spain than I am. But I think I now have left them in a sincere and steady intention to cultivate the friendship of America.
Quote examples
Goldwin Smith
Canadian Historian
The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party.
Quote examples
Ron Chernow
American Author
I have developed a very strong partiality for the dead: they don't talk back, they don't sue, and they don't have angry relatives.
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.
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Herman Wouk
American Novelist
Discount my partiality, but my report is that so far The Winds of War is looking good.
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Goldwin Smith
Canadian Historian
Personality is lower than partiality.
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