partiality
pronunciation
How to pronounce partiality in British English:
UK [ˌpɑ:ʃiˈæləti]
How to pronounce partiality in American English:
US [ˌpɑrʃiˈæləti]
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- Noun:
- a predisposition to like something
- an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
Word Origin
- partiality (n.)
- "one-sidedness," early 15c., from Middle French parcialité, from Medieval Latin partialitatem (nominative partialitas), from partialis (see partial).
Example
- 1. For example , a new election commission , appointed with little dissent in the turmoil shortly before the coup , faces accusations of partiality .
- 2. They can avoid one-sidedness and partiality because their research is not limited to concrete and individual cases .
- 3. Fellow_citizens , being fully invested with that high office to which the partiality of my countrymen has call me .
- 4. Whatever the rights and wrongs of this particular new fight , america 's perceived partiality to israel is a gaping hole in its policy in the middle east .
- 5. Jia qingguo , deputy dean of the school of international studies at peking university , said the us statement showed " partiality " by blaming only china " since the south china sea issue involves not only china but also other parties " .