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favorings

favorings is the plural of favoring.

Meaning of favoring

Noun

favoring (plural favorings)

  1. The act or state by which one favors something; preference.
    • Unlike in Smith's case, however, here the relevant intuition does not concern a particular example, but moral favorings in general. Intuitively, it is said, what we morally ought to do simply does not depend on what we want to do.2018, Stefan Fischer, The Origin of Oughtness: A Case for Metaethical Conativism, page 69

Questions about favorings

What is favorings the plural of?
Favorings is the plural of favoring.

Words near favorings in the dictionary

  1. favorer
  2. favorers
  3. favori
  4. favoring
  5. favoringly
  6. favorings
  7. favoris
  8. favorise
  9. favorises
  10. favoristic
  11. favorite

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