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partiality

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
16
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/pɑɹʃiˈælɪti/
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/pɑɹʃiˈælɪti/ · /pɑɹˈʃælɪti/ · /pɑɹˈʃæləti/ · /pɑːʃiˈalɪti/ (UK) · /pɑːˈʃalɪti/ (UK) · /pɑːˈʃaləti/ (UK) · /pɐːʃiˈɛlɘti/ · /pɐːˈʃɛlɘti/

Definition of partiality

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
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noun

  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.”

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Etymology

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

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