favoritism

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
favoritism
    n 1: an inclination to favor some person or group [syn:
         {favoritism}, {favouritism}]
    2: unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of
       prejudice [syn: {discrimination}, {favoritism},
       {favouritism}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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