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partiality

UK/pɑːʃiˈalɪti//pɑɹʃiˈælɪti/

partiality noun: preference, bias in favor of, tendency.

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Noun

partiality (countable and uncountable, plural partialities)

  1. Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.
    • The judge's partiality towards the defendant caused him to be replaced, with someone who was apparently more neutral.
  2. The quality of being partial or incomplete.
    • Illness confronts the self with partiality, incompleteness, and mortality.2008, Hugo Letiche, Making Healthcare Care: Managing via Simple Guiding Principles

partiality meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

partiality in Hindi

preference
पक्षपात pakṣapāt, झुकाव jhukāv

partiality in Tamil

பக்கச் சார்பு, பாகுபாடு, பாரபட்சம், பட்சபாதம்

partiality in Urdu

جانب داری, پاس داری, پچ, رعایت, تائید, طرف داری

partiality in Bengali

কারো প্রতি পক্ষপাতিত্ব, বিশেষ পছন্দ
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partiality in Telugu
పక్షపాతము pakṣapātamu
partiality in Malayalam
പക്ഷപാതം, അസമത്വം
partiality in Kannada
ಪಕ್ಷಪಾತ, ವಾಲುವಿಕೆ, ಒಲವು, ವಿಶೇಷ ಪ್ರೀತಿ
partiality in Punjabi
ਤਰਫਦਾਰੀ taraphdārī
partiality in Arabic
اِنْحِيَاز inḥiyāz

Synonyms of partiality

Antonyms

Forms of partiality

pluralpartialities

Origin of partiality

From Middle English parcialite, parcialtee, parcyalte, partialte, percialite, from Middle French partialité and its etymon Medieval Latin partiālitās. Doublet of partialitas.

Words formed from partiality

Questions about partiality

What does partiality mean?
Partiality means preference, bias in favor of, tendency.
What is partiality in Hindi?
Partiality in Hindi is पक्षपात (pakṣapāt), झुकाव (jhukāv). See Partiality meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is partiality?
Partiality is a noun.
How do you pronounce partiality?
Partiality is pronounced /pɑɹʃiˈælɪti/ (US).
What is the plural of partiality?
The plural of partiality is partialities.

Words near partiality in the dictionary

  1. partialist
  2. partialistic
  3. partialists
  4. partialitas
  5. partialities
  6. partiality
  7. partialization
  8. partializations
  9. partialize
  10. partialized
  11. partializes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: partiality (page history and authors); partiality (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); partiality (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); partiality (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); partiality (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); partiality (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਤਰਫਦਾਰੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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