1
as in bias
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
partiality blinded the administrator to the benefits of the proposed system for distributing work
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2
as in tendency
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
a person with an unfortunate partiality for jumping to conclusions
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3
as in liking
positive regard for something
a partiality toward outdoor sports of all kinds
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Recent Examples of partiality
But, actually, partiality is one of the reasons that scenarios are valuable.
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 27 May 2025
Murrow worked on Adlai Stevenson’s presidential campaign while at CBS, excusing his partiality as moral and intellectual superiority.
—Armond White, National Review, 30 Apr. 2025
So, Hunt’s partiality for turtlenecks has now become the official look for player headshots over the past two decades.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
As a result, NGOs too are often subject to accusations of partiality.
—Charli Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 9 May 2011
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 27 May 2025
Murrow worked on Adlai Stevenson’s presidential campaign while at CBS, excusing his partiality as moral and intellectual superiority.
—Armond White, National Review, 30 Apr. 2025
So, Hunt’s partiality for turtlenecks has now become the official look for player headshots over the past two decades.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
As a result, NGOs too are often subject to accusations of partiality.
—Charli Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 9 May 2011
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partiality
Noun
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That proposal made national headlines and led to months of reckoning with racial bias after a Center School parent was caught on a hot mic during a remote school board meeting.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Providers also can fall victim to inadvertent bias, assuming a young, otherwise healthy patient must be dealing with something other than shingles.—
Alyssa Sparacino,
Glamour,
27 Apr. 2026
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There's generally a tendency for organizations to focus too much on measuring or tracking input or activity, as opposed to output.—
Kristina Rex,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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His playoff history and tendency to let up weak goals do raise some red flags.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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This weekend, the Red Bull upgrade package seems more to his liking, and the gap to Hadjar was more than a second in practice.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
4 May 2026
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The princess has taken a liking to sports!—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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The court found that Pitt, 62, failed to provide enough evidence to refute Jolie's privilege claim, but the request was dismissed without prejudice, meaning his team can challenge the motion.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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Without prejudice and without favor.—
Sierra van der Brug,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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Learning about her aptitude for difficult conversations, a counselor directed her toward social work instead.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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Murray-Boyles separates himself with his defensive aptitude, though.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Among the movies being presented is the feature directing debut of Boiling Point actor Ray Panthaki, starring Clarence Maclin in his first leading role, as well as films starring the likes of Christina Hendricks, Joe Locke and Hiam Abbas.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
7 May 2026
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Americas sales declined 6% on a like-for-like basis, while Coty’s EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) sales declined 11% and Asia-Pacific sales fell 5%.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Vogue,
7 May 2026
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But DeSantis’ argument about race is also the lynchpin in a much larger legal theory his office developed to justify taking partisanship into account to develop the new maps.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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Couch everything in partisanship.—
Ben Szalinski,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Specifically, the inclination of consumers to search for lower prices during a spike.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Like des Esseintes’s inclination toward the antiquated, Carly’s taste for vintage kitsch runs retro-romantic.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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“Partiality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partiality. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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