|pred ə l|ekshən, -də|le- also -rēd ə l- sometimes -rēˌdī|le- noun
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Etymology: French prédilection, from Medieval Latin praedilectus, (past participle of praediligere to prefer, love more, from Latin prae- pre- + diligere to love) + French -ion — more at diligent
: a favorable prepossession : inclination , liking , preference
a predilection for straight bourbon — C.V.Little
Synonyms:
partiality , prepossession , prejudice , bias : predilection indicates a previous liking or temperamental predisposition
one or two authors of fiction for whom I have a predilection and whose works I look out for — A.C.Benson
the person with a predilection for history may think of such treasured shrines as Independence Hall, Valley Forge Park, and the Gettysburg Battlefields — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania
partiality indicates a disposition to favor a person or thing, sometimes unfairly or with partisanship or undue fondness
fond partiality for their own daughters' performance, and total indifference to any other person's — Jane Austen
sometimes newcomers to the fleet were a bit annoyed over the skipper's partiality toward this absentminded youth — L.C.Douglas
prepossession implies a fixed idea or notion, especially a value judgment, that dominates and is likely to preclude objective judgment of something seeming counter to it
we have not only to realise how our own prepossessions and the metaphysical figments of our own creation have obscured the simple realities of religion and science alike — Havelock Ellis
prejudice indicates a preconceived notion, a judgment before evidence is available, or an unreasoned prepossession, often an unfavorable one marked by suspicion, dislike, or antipathy
but she had prejudices on the side of ancestry; she had a value for rank and consequence, which blinded her a little to the faults of those who possessed them — Jane Austen
every one I knew well in Sligo despised Nationalists and Catholics, but all disliked England with a prejudice that had come down perhaps from the days of the Irish Parliament — W.B.Yeats
bias may indicate an imbalance or distortion in judgment with a resulting unreasoned and unfair inclination for or against a person or thing
we can discover some of our own peculiarities, our own particular slant or bias — A.J.Toynbee
the personal bias of the brilliant founder of psychoanalysis has given the Freudian psychology more than one twist — Edward Sapir