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/pˌɑrʃiˈæləti/ Listen

noun

Partiality n.

The quality or state of being partial; inclination to favor one party, or one side of a question, more than the other; undue bias of mind.

A predilection or inclination to one thing rather than to others; special taste or liking; as, a partiality for poetry or painting.

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Etymology of 'Partiality'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Partiality" Quotes from Famous Books

... manner for the advancement of piety, for mutual communion with one another, for a general love of mankind, as also for justice, and for sustaining labors with fortitude, and for a contempt of death. And I beg of those that shall peruse this writing of mine, to read it without partiality; for it is not my purpose to write an encomium upon ourselves, but I shall esteem this as a most just apology for us, and taken from those our laws, according to which we lead our lives, against the many and the lying objections that have been made against us. Moreover, since this Apollonius ...

— Against Apion • Flavius Josephus

... No, perhaps not," answered my lady. "She is most beautiful, isn't she? 'Tis not a mother's partiality that deceives me. I marked you yesterday when she came down the stair: and read it in your face. We look when you don't fancy us looking, and see better than you think, dear Harry: and just now when they spoke ...

— Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges • William Makepeace Thackeray

... I was as sorry as anybody. I climbed down from my cormorant roost, and picked my way between the alleys of aromatic piled lumber in order to avoid the press, and cursed the little gods heartily for undue partiality in the wrong direction. In this manner I happened on Jimmy Powers himself seated dripping on a board and examining ...

— Americans All - Stories of American Life of To-Day • Various

... repeat the experiment she once made on Mildred's sensibilities by referring to her partiality for Mark Davenport and his relatives; but, on the contrary, was most gentle in her treatment and most assiduous in her endeavors to provide amusement, so far as the resources of the town allowed. In company with Hugh, Mildred explored all the pleasant roads in the ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Issue 10, August, 1858 • Various

... said she. "I summoned you to judge between me and Danhasch. Glance at that couch, and say without any partiality whether you think the youth or the maiden lying ...

— The Arabian Nights Entertainments • Andrew Lang.

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