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predilections

predilections is the plural of predilection.

Meaning of predilection

Noun

predilection (countable and uncountable, plural predilections)

  1. A condition of favoring or liking; a tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.
    • The young King looked tenderly at Mademoiselle Mancini, who gave him a glance quite as tender in return—not, however, unobserved. His mother had been for some time past a displeased spectator of a predilection which might become dangerous.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 219

Questions about predilections

What is predilections the plural of?
Predilections is the plural of predilection.

Words near predilections in the dictionary

  1. predilatory
  2. predilect
  3. predilected
  4. predilecting
  5. predilection
  6. predilections
  7. predilects
  8. predilute
  9. prediluted
  10. predilutes
  11. prediluting

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