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Definition of Predilection
1. Noun. A predisposition in favor of something. "Showed a Marxist orientation"
Generic synonyms: Predisposition
Derivative terms: Prefer, Preferent, Preferential
2. Noun. A strong liking. "The Irish have a penchant for blarney"
Generic synonyms: Liking
Specialized synonyms: Acquired Taste, Weakness
Derivative terms: Prefer
Definition of Predilection
1. n. A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality.
Definition of Predilection
1. Noun. Condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Predilection
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Predilection
Literary usage of Predilection
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1810)
"... the king find commons. being construed into a predilection for the Romish
doctrines, and a hatred of the puritans, exasperated the spirit of liberty, ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"The reader's estimate of Browning and Tennyson will probably be decided by his
predilection for the higher effort or for the more perfect art. ..."
3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1849)
""For History he had a decided predilection, and he indulged it. There were not
many better versed than he in the Colonial History of Plymouth and ..."
4. The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing His Correspondence, and His by Alexander Hamilton (1851)
"... emulating the glory of the man, whom neither our warmest admiration, nor our
fondest predilection, could protect from the fatal shaft. ..."
5. Primitive Love and Love-stories by Henry Theophilus Finck (1899)
"SHALLOW predilection Even where there is M\ appearance of predilection it is apt
to be shallow and fragile. ..."
6. The Bookman (1900)
"After some conversation the trating and through cover designs, his predilection
for colour lending itself to the latter. Mr. Wright has a decided preference ..."
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