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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
partiality
n 1: a predisposition to like something "he had a fondness for
whiskey" [syn: {fondness}, {fancy}]
2: an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over
alternatives [syn: {partisanship}] [ant: {impartiality}]
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