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Definition: Favoritism |
FavoritismNoun1. An inclination to favor some person or group. 2. Unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "favoritism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references) |
Etymology: Favoritism \Fa"vor*it*ism\, noun. [Compare to the French expression favoritisme.]. (references) |
Synonyms: FavoritismSynonyms: discrimination (n), favouritism (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Friendship | Affection; (love); favoritism; good will; (benevolence). |
Wrong | Partiality, leaning, bias; favor, favoritism; nepotism, party spirit, partisanship; bigotry. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Favoritism |
| English words defined with "favoritism": Acceptance of persons, Acception of persons ♦ croneyism, cronyism ♦ fair ♦ impartial ♦ just ♦ nepotism ♦ partial ♦ To accept the person ♦ unfair. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "favoritism": Burden. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Favoritism" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (favoritism, favouritism). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I looks like favoritism. (Gettysburg; writing credit: Ronald F. Maxwell) | |
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Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | There have also been printed allegations of favoritism by the Government in granting broadcast licenses. (references) | |
Because KEPCO will retain control over transmission and the nuclear Genco, the potential for favoritism in supply exits. (references) | ||
This explicitly expressed favoritism for nuclear energy is confounded by the fact that KEPCO is already in debt over its present nuclear generators. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Academic freedom was constrained by ethnic favoritism and politicization of faculty appointments. (references) |
Russia | The church has entered into a number of agreements with government ministries that have raised the question of favoritism. (references) | |
Slovak Republic | Many of the school administrators who were appointed based solely upon political favoritism during the previous regime have been replaced. (references) | |
Discrimination | Lebanon | The Constitution calls for "social justice and equality of duties and rights among all citizens without prejudice or favoritism;" however, in practice aspects of the law and traditional beliefs discriminate against women, and religious discrimination is built into the political system. (references) |
Economic History | Lebanon | Procurement practices, subject to political intervention and favoritism, are not always transparent. (references) |
Burma | State economic enterprises and the military holding companies also benefit from official favoritism. (references) | |
Human Rights | Congo | Shortly before the attack, Hema leaders reportedly had accused the ICRC of favoritism toward the Lendu. (references) |
Minorities | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Favoritism is also shown to veterans and families of those killed during the war. (references) |
Political Economy | Haiti | Although new cadets are being trained, they are chosen based on political and personal favoritism. (references) |
Travel | Thailand | The revelation of what Westerners regard as rampant graft, corruption, and favoritism as an integral part of Thai business and political practice, and the recognition of the great cost to society these actions have caused in the wake of the financial crisis, is causing many Thais to openly criticize, for the first time, the behavior of the privileged and powerful . Previously referred to euphemistically as "the Thai way," such favoritism was not necessarily tolerated, but not directly challenged . The new economic and social era in the making holds promise of also being fairer and more transparent . (references) |
Worker Rights | Venezuela | The ILO urged the Government to refrain from displaying favoritism with regard to the FBT and to abandon the idea of imposing trade union unity. (references) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | Wastefulness, profligacy, or favoritism in public expenditures is criminal. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
favoritism in workplace | 12 |
favoritism | 12 |
favoritism workplace | 4 |
favoritism parental | 2 |
favoritism in place work | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "favoritism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | favoritizëm (favouritism). (various references) | |
Arabic | محسوبية (favouritism), محاباة (bias, favor, favour, favouritism, odds, one sidedness, partiality, prejudice), تحيز (align, favor, favour, favouritism, inequality, odds, partiality, prejudice). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | фаворизация (favouritism), протежиране (favouritism). (various references) | |
Chinese | 偏爱. (various references) | |
Czech | protekcionářství (favouritism). (various references) | |
French | favoritisme (favouritism). (various references) | |
German | günstlingswirtschaft (favouritism). (various references) | |
Greek | ρουσφετολογία (favouritism, jobbery), προσωποληψία (favouritism). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kivételezés (favouritism), részrehajlás (Favor, favour, favouritism, partiality, predilection), protekcionizmus (favouritism). (various references) | |
Italian | favoritismo (corruption, favouritism). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 身"" (nepotism), 情実 (personal consideration, private circumstances, real situations), 偏 (discrimination), 偏愛 (partiality), 依怙"" (bias, partiality, prejudice), 依怙 (bias, partiality, prejudice), 依估"" (bias, partiality, prejudice), 別け"て (distinction). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | わけへ て (discrimination, distinction), じょうじつ (personal consideration, private circumstances, real situations), みびいき (nepotism), へ"ぱ (discrimination), へ"あい (partiality), え"ひいき (bias, partiality, prejudice), え" (bias, partiality, prejudice, unfairness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | avoritismfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | favoritismo (favouritism, partiality). (various references) | |
Romanian | favoritism (favouritism). (various references) | |
Russian | фаворитизм (favouritism). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | favoritizam (favouritism), protekcija (favouritism, preferential treatment), pristrasnost (favouritism, partiality). (various references) | |
Spanish | favoritismo (favouritism). (various references) | |
Swedish | favoritsystem (favouritism), favorisering (favoring, favouring, favouritism), gunstlingssystem (favouritism), gunstlingskap (favouritism). (various references) | |
Thai | ความลำเอียง (tilt). (various references) | |
Turkish | taraf tutma (favouritism, partiality, preoccupancy, prepossession, siding, tendentiousness), iltimas (favour, favouritism, pie, pull), adam kayırma (favouritism). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | фаворитизм (favouritism). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự thiên vị (favor, favour, favouritism, unfairness). (various references) | |
Welsh | ffafriaeth. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "favoritism": favoritisms. (additional references) | |
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"Favoritism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: favoratism, favouritist. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "favoritism" (pronounced fā"veruti'zum) |
| 7 | -er u t i' z u m | corporatism, separatism. |
| 6 | -u t i' z u m | astigmatism, nepotism, patriotism, pragmatism, conservatism, despotism, diamagnetism, dogmatism, egotism, electromagnetism, ergotism, ferromagnetism, helotism, hypnotism, magnetism, rheumatism. |
| 5 | -t i' z u m | absolutism, autism, baptism, pietism, defeatism, elitism, Irredentism, leftism, statism, vigilantism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | absenteeism, abolitionism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, alcoholism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, barbarism, bilingualism, bolshevism, boosterism, botulism, mechanism, mercantilism, mesmerism, metabolism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, minimalism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, neutralism, nihilism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parallelism, parkinsonism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, plagiarism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, positivism, professionalism, protectionism, provincialism, puritanism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, cannibalism, capitalism, catechism, centralism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, communism, consumerism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, deism, determinism, diastrophism, dimorphism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, federalism, feminism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, hedonism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, idealism, illusionism, imperialism, impressionism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, interventionism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, legalism, lesbianism, liberalism, lyricism, mannerism, masochism, materialism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, sensationalism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vandalism, vegetarianism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-i-i-m-o-r-s-t-v" | |
-2 letters: ovaritis, vasiform. | |
-3 letters: amorist, formats, mafiosi, maftirs, simitar, travois, viators, visitor. | |
-4 letters: afrits, aorist, ariosi, aristo, favism, favors, forams, format, fortis, maftir, misfit, moirai, motifs, ratios, satori, savior, stroma, trivia, viator, vomits. | |
-5 letters: afrit, airts, amirs, amort, arvos, astir, atoms, aviso, fairs, farms, faros, fatso, favor, fiars, fiats, firms, first, foams, foist, foram, forms. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-i-i-m-o-r-s-t-v" | |
+1 letter: favoritisms. | |
+5 letters: informativeness. | |
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