3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Favoritism \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. [1913 Webster] A spirit of favoritism to the Bank of the United States. --A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: favoritism n 1: an inclination to favor some person or group [syn: {favouritism}] 2: unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice [syn: {discrimination}, {favouritism}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 32 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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