Word of the Day:
partiality
What It Means
Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.
The quality of being partial or incomplete.
The judge's partiality towards the defendant caused him to be replaced, with someone who was apparently more neutral.
Partiality in Context
“Illness confronts the self with partiality, incompleteness, and mortality.”
Did You Know?
From Middle English parcialite, parcialtee, parcyalte, partialte, percialite, from Middle French partialité and its etymon Medieval Latin partiālitās. Doublet of partialitas.
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