Usually means: Preferential treatment for certain individuals.
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  1. favoritism: Merriam-Webster
  2. favoritism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. favoritism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. favoritism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. favoritism: Vocabulary.com
  6. Favoritism, favoritism: Wordnik
  7. favoritism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. favoritism: Wiktionary
  9. favoritism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. favoritism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. favoritism: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Favoritism, favoritism: Dictionary.com
  13. favoritism: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Favoritism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Favoritism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. favoritism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. favoritism: Rhymezone
  18. Favoritism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. favoritism: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. favoritism: FreeDictionary.org
  21. favoritism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. favoritism: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. favoritism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. favoritism: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (American spelling) Alternative form of favouritism [(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.]

Similar:
favouritism, discrimination, nepotism, partiality, cronyism, bias, unfairness, animosity, prejudice, elitism, more...

Opposite:
impartiality, objectivity, unbiased

Types:
nepotism, cronyism, patronage, bias, discrimination, partiality, more...

Phrases:
In-group favoritism, favoritism or discrimination, opposite of favoritism, one who shows favoritism to relatives, favoritism over a nation, more...

Adjectives:
political, personal, such, ingroup, group, parental, gross, governmental, special, blatant, undue

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Similar:
favouritism, discrimination, nepotism, partiality, cronyism, bias, unfairness, animosity, prejudice, elitism, more...

Opposite:
impartiality, objectivity, unbiased

Types:
nepotism, cronyism, patronage, bias, discrimination, partiality, more...

Phrases:
In-group favoritism, favoritism or discrimination, opposite of favoritism, one who shows favoritism to relatives, favoritism over a nation, showing favoritism, favoritism for the rich, more...

Adjectives:
political, personal, such, ingroup, group, parental, gross, governmental, special, blatant, undue

Colors:
    gold,     silver,     royal blue,     crimson,     purple, more...



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