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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PARTIALITY, n. parshal'ity. Inclination to favor one party or one side of a question more than the other; an undue bias of mind towards one party or side, which is apt to warp the judgment. Partiality springs from the will and affections, rather than from a love of truth and justice.
1. A stronger inclination to one thing than to others; as a partiality for poetry or painting; a colloquial use.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey" [syn: fondness, fancy, partiality]
2: an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives [syn: partiality, partisanship] [ant: impartiality, nonpartisanship]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ties) Date: 15th century 1. the quality or state of being partial ; bias 2. a special taste or liking

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 bias, favouritism. 2 (foll. by for) fondness. Etymology: ME f. OF parcialité f. med.L partialitas (as PARTIAL)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Partiality Par`ti*al"i*ty (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. partialit['e].] 1. The quality or state of being partial; inclination to favor one party, or one side of a question, more than the other; undue bias of mind. 2. A predilection or inclination to one thing rather than to others; special taste or liking; as, a partiality for poetry or painting. --Roget.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see partial

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Unfairness, injustice, favoritism, bias. 2. Fondness, predilection, liking, fancy, inclination, leaning, bent.

Moby Thesaurus

affinity, appreciation, bag, bent, bias, chosen kind, clannishness, clanship, cliqueyness, cliquishness, cliquism, cup of tea, denominationalism, discrimination, druthers, esprit de corps, ethnocentricity, exclusiveness, eye, faction, factionalism, fancy, fascination, favor, favoritism, fetish, fondness, forejudgment, inclination, inclining, inequality, interest, involvement, jaundice, jaundiced eye, leaning, liking, love, mutual affinity, mutual attraction, nepotism, one-sidedness, parti pris, partialism, particular choice, partisanism, partisanship, party spirit, penchant, personal choice, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, preferential treatment, prejudgment, prejudice, prepossession, proclivity, propensity, relish, sectarianism, sectionalism, soft spot, style, sympathy, taste, tendency, thing, turn, twist, type, undetachment, undispassionateness, unneutrality, weakness