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Definition of Favoritism
1. Noun. An inclination to favor some person or group.
2. Noun. Unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice.
Generic synonyms: Social Control
Specialized synonyms: Able-bodiedism, Able-bodism, Ableism, Ablism, Ageism, Agism, Cronyism, Fatism, Fattism, Heterosexism, Nepotism, Racial Discrimination, Racialism, Racism, Sexism
Derivative terms: Discriminate
Definition of Favoritism
1. n. The disposition to favor and promote the interest of one person or family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others having equal claims; partiality.
Definition of Favoritism
1. Noun. (American English) (alternative spelling of favouritism) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Favoritism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Favoritism
Literary usage of Favoritism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Coal Mining in Arkansas by Alvin Arthur Steel (1910)
"favoritism. Some clever superintendents have a trick of putting ... This favoritism
allays the energy with which the favorites demand an equal turn for all ..."
2. Coal Mining in Arkansas by Alvin Arthur Steel (1910)
"favoritism. Some clever superintendents have a trick of putting all the ...
This favoritism allays the energy with which the favorites demand an equal turn ..."
3. The Efficient Secretary by Ellen Lane Spencer (1916)
"favoritism VS. MERIT The worker out in the business world will often hear ...
And since personal favoritism is not good business—for it is not good business ..."
4. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet by John Sherman (1895)
"Bonds Aggregating f 120000000, Called During January, 1879—The Sale in London—
Charges of favoritism — Further Enactments to Facilitate the Funding ..."
5. The History of Tammany Hall by Gustavus Myers (1901)
"Legislative favoritism to a. Sachem. In Albany, Clinton was vigorously pushing
forward the Erie Canal project; the Tammany men were as aggressively ..."
6. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1901)
"... of Lady Glamis—Burning of several Heretics—Sadler's Embassy—James's wise
Government—His Faults—He is of a severe Temper, and addicted to favoritism— His ..."
7. Retail Selling and Store Management by Paul Henry Nystrom (1914)
"No favoritism.—There should be no favoritism towards customers. Each should be
waited upon in his turn unless full permission has been granted by those ..."
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