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favouritism

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favouritism or US favoritism
Noun
the practice of giving special treatment to a person or group: favouritism in the allocation of government posts
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Noun1.favouritism - an inclination to favor some person or group
favoritism
inclination, tendency, disposition - an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"
2.favouritismfavouritism - unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
discrimination, favoritism
social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
able-bodiedism, able-bodism, ableism, ablism - discrimination in favor of the able-bodied
ageism, agism - discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people
cronyism - favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications)
fatism, fattism - discrimination against people who are overweight
heterosexism - discrimination in favor of heterosexual and against homosexual people
nepotism - favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
racial discrimination, racialism, racism - discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race
sexism - discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex
favouritism U.S. favoritism
noun bias, preference, nepotism, preferential treatment, partisanship, jobs for the boys (informal) partiality, one-sidedness << OPPOSITE impartiality
Translations

favouritism (US), favoritism [ˈfeɪvrɪtɪzəm] n → favoritisme m
favouritism [ˈfeɪvrɪtɪzəm] favour n → Günstlingswirtschaft f
favouritism, favoritism [ˈfeɪvrɪtɪzəm] n → favoritismo


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And when you make use of your position of favouritism here, sir,' pursued Mr.
David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context
Then I spoke frankly, telling him what I was enduring from Thomas Mugridge because of the three days of favouritism which had been shown me.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
Whereat the Principal gave him much good advice as to his conduct, and his manners, and his morals; and others, his elders, who had not been wafted into billets, talked as only Anglo-Indian lads can, of favouritism and corruption.
Kim by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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