Dictionary

partiality en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɐːˈʃɛlɘti/ (New-Zealand)
• /pɑɹˈʃæləti/ (General-American)
• /pɑːˈʃaləti/ (UK)
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• /pɑːˈʃalɪti/ (UK)
• /pɑɹʃiˈælɪti/ (General-American)
• /pɑɹˈʃælɪti/ (General-American)
• /pɐːʃiˈɛlɘti/ (New-Zealand)
• /pɑːʃiˈalɪti/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English parcialite, parcialtee, parcyalte, partialte, percialite, from Middle French partialité and its etymon Medieval Latin partiālitās. Doublet of partialitas.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.
   • The judge's partiality towards the defendant caused him to be replaced, with someone who was apparently more neutral.
2. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being partial or incomplete.
   • Illness confronts the self with partiality, incompleteness, and mortality. 2008, Hugo Letiche, Making Healthcare Care: Managing via Simple Guiding Principles:

Forms

Antonyms

antibias · impartiality · disinterested § Synonyms · impartialness

Deriveds

nonpartiality · self-partiality

Synonyms

bias · partialness

Translations (30)

de Befangenheit (preference) · pt parcialidade (preference) · pdt Läne (preference) · fr partialité (preference) · it predilezione (preference) · hi पक्षपात (preference) · hi झुकाव (preference) · cs náklonnost (preference) · pl tendencyjność (preference) · hu kivételezés (preference) · es parcialidad (preference) · yi משׂא־⁠פּנים (preference) · ru предвзя́тость (preference) · gd leth-bhreith (preference) · yi אײַנזײַטיקייט (preference) · hu elfogultság (preference) · hu részrehajlás (preference) · ar اِنْحِيَاز (preference) · cs zaujatost (preference) · yi פּאַרטיייִשקייט (preference) · got 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (preference) · cs předpojatost (preference) · bg пристрастие (preference) · nl partijdigheid (preference) · de Parteilichkeit (preference) · te పక్షపాతము (preference) · fi puolueellisuus (preference) · gl parcialidade (preference) · pl stronniczość (preference) · yi צדדימדיקייט (preference)