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noun
The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: discrimination, favoritism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: social control
Narrower terms: ableism, ablism, able-bodiedism, able-bodism, ageism, agism, cronyism, fattism, fatism, heterosexism, nepotism, racism, racialism, racial discrimination, sexism
noun
an inclination to favor some person or group
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: favoritism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inclination, disposition, tendency
History
Etymology tree English favourit(e) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English favouritism From favourit(e) + -ism.
Across languages
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
