| partiality | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. fancy, fondness, partiality | a predisposition to like something.; "he had a fondness for whiskey" |
| ~ liking | a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment.; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. partiality, partisanship | an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives. |
| ~ inclination, tendency, disposition | an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others.; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" |
| ~ anthropocentricity, anthropocentrism | an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values. |
| ~ ethnocentrism | belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group. |
| ~ eurocentrism | belief in the preeminence of Europe and the Europeans. |
| ~ bias, prejudice, preconception | a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation. |
| ~ tilt | a slight but noticeable partiality.; "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings" |
| ~ sectionalism, localism, provincialism | a partiality for some particular place. |
| ~ unfairness | partiality that is not fair or equitable. |
| prejudice | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. bias, preconception, prejudice | a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation. |
| ~ taboo, tabu | a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature. |
| ~ irrational hostility | extreme prejudice. |
| ~ partisanship, partiality | an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives. |
| ~ experimenter bias | (psychology) bias introduced by an experimenter whose expectations about the outcome of the experiment can be subtly communicated to the participants in the experiment. |
| ~ homophobia | prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality. |
| ~ islamophobia | prejudice against Muslims.; "Muslim intellectuals are afraid of growing Islamophobia in the West" |
| ~ racism | the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races. |
| ~ tendentiousness | an intentional and controversial bias. |
| v. (social) | 2. prejudice | disadvantage by prejudice. |
| ~ justice | judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments. |
| ~ disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour | put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm.; "This rule clearly disadvantages me" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. prejudice, prepossess | influence (somebody's) opinion in advance. |
| ~ bias, predetermine | cause to be biased. |
| ~ bias | influence in an unfair way.; "you are biasing my choice by telling me yours" |
| ~ act upon, influence, work | have and exert influence or effect.; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate" |
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