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partiality

noun

par·​tial·​i·​ty ˌpär-shē-ˈa-lə-tē How to pronounce partiality (audio)
pär-ˈsha-lə-tē
plural partialities
1
: the quality or state of being partial : bias
2
: a special taste or liking

Example Sentences

partiality blinded the administrator to the benefits of the proposed system for distributing work a person with an unfortunate partiality for jumping to conclusions
Recent Examples on the Web Two years ago, Apple updated its employee conduct policy to explicitly prohibit such partiality, Reuters reported yesterday (Aug. 15). Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 16 Aug. 2022 That partiality grew into outright admiration when Rep. Cheney took the strong and ultimately self-sacrificial stand against Donald Trump’s behavior during the Jan. 6 riot in the Capitol. Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 But sports have rarely been about honesty and have always been about partiality. Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2022 Some legal scholars who have studied the impact of empathy on court decision making have found it as a necessary factor for avoiding partiality. Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2022 Among the many costs of the department’s laxity toward Hillary Clinton in 2016 is that any enforcement of the law against Trump now will be seen, with some justification, as partiality. Nr Editors, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022 O’Toole’s is a wildly ambitious project, one that accounts for inevitable partiality precisely through this invocation of the personal. Claire Messud, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022 The theorists feel great crimes have been committed but—by reason of the instability of language, and the partiality of those who speak it—there can be no possibility of an indictment. Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021 The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for the First Department unanimously affirmed Cohen’s decision last October, ruling the Orioles failed to establish evident partiality in the second arbitration panel. baltimoresun.com, 8 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of partiality was in the 15th century

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