Antonyms for favoritism


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fey-ver-i-tiz-uh m, feyv-ri-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfeɪ vər ɪˌtɪz əm, ˈfeɪv rɪ-


Definition of favoritism

Origin :
  • 1763, from favorite + -ism.
  • noun bias, partiality
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for favoritism

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