Usually means: Favoring one side; not impartial.
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  1. partiality: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. partiality: Merriam-Webster
  3. partiality, partiality: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. partiality: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. partiality: Collins English Dictionary
  6. partiality: Vocabulary.com
  7. Partiality, partiality: Wordnik
  8. partiality: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. partiality: Wiktionary
  10. partiality: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. partiality: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. partiality: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Partiality, partiality: Dictionary.com
  14. partiality: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Partiality: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Partiality: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. partiality: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. partiality: Rhymezone
  19. Partiality: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. partiality: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. partiality: FreeDictionary.org
  22. partiality: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. partiality: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.
▸ noun:  The quality of being partial or incomplete.

Similar:
fondness, fancy, partisanship, preference, favor, predilection, propensity, inclination, proclivity, favouring, more...

Opposite:
impartiality, objectivity, fairness, even-handedness, neutrality

Types:
nepotism, cronyism, favoritism, sectarianism, chauvinism, jingoism, partisanship, more...

Phrases:
self partiality, invidious partiality, more...

Adjectives:
great, such, undue, strong, own, national, blind, evident, natural, gross, marked

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    beige,     ivory,     cream,     light gray,     pale pink, more...



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Similar:
fondness, fancy, partisanship, preference, favor, predilection, propensity, inclination, proclivity, favouring, more...

Opposite:
impartiality, objectivity, fairness, even-handedness, neutrality

Types:
nepotism, cronyism, favoritism, sectarianism, chauvinism, jingoism, partisanship, more...

Phrases:
self partiality, invidious partiality, more...

Adjectives:
great, such, undue, strong, own, national, blind, evident, natural, gross, marked

Colors:
    beige,     ivory,     cream,     light gray,     pale pink, more...



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