| 单词 | partiality |
| 释义 | partiality (once / 1944 pages) n Partiality is the habit of favoring something — taking its part. If your parents always seem to let your little sister off the hook while you get grounded, you could accuse them of partiality in their parenting. They favor your sister over you. Partiality is like bias. It means that your favorite person, type of food, or way of operating tends to get priority when you’re making up your mind. A synonym for partiality is favoritism. For this reason, anyone who’s not directly benefiting from your partiality will not appreciate it. It’s unfair! WORD FAMILYpartiality: partialities+/counterpart: counterparts/forepart: foreparts/part: counterpart, forepart, parted, partial, parting, partitive, parts, subpart, underpart/partial: partiality, partially, partialness, partials/parting: partings/partitive: partitively, partitives/subpart: subparts/underpart: underparts USAGE EXAMPLESLeaders, Caslen said, can’t show partiality to any one group of people over another and should build teams where everyone feels valued. Washington Post(Sep 10, 2016) A conservative partiality toward following rules and norms also explains other contrasts. Golf Digest(Aug 03, 2016) “Police officers take an oath to uphold the laws of the State without partiality or prejudice,” Davitt said in a statement. Washington Post(Jul 20, 2016) 1n an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper partisanship impartiality, nonpartisanship an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally anthropocentricity, anthropocentrism an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values ethnocentrismbelief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group Eurocentrismbelief in the preeminence of Europe and the Europeans bias, preconception, prejudicea partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation tilta slight but noticeable partiality localism, provincialism, sectionalisma partiality for some particular place unfairnesspartiality that is not fair or equitable taboo, tabua prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature irrational hostilityextreme prejudice 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 homophobiaprejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality Islamophobiaprejudice against Muslims racismthe prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races tendentiousnessan intentional and controversial bias disposition, inclination, tendency an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others 2n a predisposition to like something Syn|Hyper fancy, fondness liking a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment |
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