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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fey-ver-i-tiz-uh m, feyv-ri- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfeɪ vər ɪˌtɪz əm, ˈfeɪv rɪ- |
Définition of favoritism
Origin :- 1763, from favorite + -ism.
- noun bias, partiality
- Wastefulness, profligacy, or favoritism in public expenditures is criminal.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Its favoritism, thats what it is, remarked Mr. Mackerly, shortly.
- Extract from : « Golden Days for Boys and Girls » by Various
- Of favoritism in appointments Mr. Gallatin could not be accused.
- Extract from : « Albert Gallatin » by John Austin Stevens
- His appointments to office were marked by favoritism and incapacity.
- Extract from : « The New Nation » by Frederic L. Paxson
- No favoritism; no throwing weight around; no glory-grabbing.
- Extract from : « A Matter of Importance » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
- Why, would be difficult to say on any other hypothesis than that of favoritism.
- Extract from : « Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals » by William H. Armstrong
- Berkeley denied the charges of favoritism and misgovernment.
- Extract from : « Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 » by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker
- So the jailor, showing no favoritism, had seen fit to handcuff young Jim.
- Extract from : « Back Home » by Irvin S. Cobb
- Case of favoritism, I suppose, said McCarney, sympathetically.
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team » by Lester Chadwick
- I have another objection to this policy: the favoritism that is involved in it.
- Extract from : « Speeches of Benjamin Harrison » by Benjamin Harrison
Antonyms for favoritism
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