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dispreferences

dispreferences is the plural of dispreference.

Meaning of dispreference

Noun

dispreference (countable and uncountable, plural dispreferences)

  1. (formal) The quality or state of preferring a thing less than an alternative.
    • As Levinson (1983: 334) points out, signs of dispreference in turn taking include: (a) Delays: notably a pause, or a time gap, before the responder replies to the preceding turn […]2014, Geoffrey N. Leech, The Pragmatics of Politeness, page 31
    Antonyms:
    preference

Questions about dispreferences

What is dispreferences the plural of?
Dispreferences is the plural of dispreference.

Words near dispreferences in the dictionary

  1. dispreading
  2. dispreads
  3. dispred
  4. disprefer
  5. dispreference
  6. dispreferences
  7. dispreferred
  8. dispreferring
  9. disprefers
  10. disprejudice
  11. disprejudiced

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