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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A special liking for something; a preference.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A prepossession of the mind in favor of something; a preference.
- noun Synonyms Liking, Attachment, etc. (see
love ), partiality, inclination (toward), preference.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Condition of
favoring orliking ; tendency towards;proclivity ;predisposition .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a predisposition in favor of something
- noun a strong liking
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Of course, my predilection is for reporting, and any pundity I do I like to keep subordinate to the reportage.
Back to basics ... Frank Wilson 2006
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Personally, my predilection is toward the no-tilt side.
Archive 2005-01-01 2005
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Does a secret murmur here demand: if a discerning predilection is no crime, why, internally at least, may it not be cherished? whom can it injure or offend, that, in the hidden recesses of my own breast, I nourish superior preference of superior worth?
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Whatever your predilection is as a filmmaker, as the technologies and modes of delivery emerge … if you want to do abstract, feminist, animations with meat … you’ll be able to find your consumer.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2005
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He built an hospital for the sick of all kinds, but the objects of his predilection were the lepers, and those hopelessly afflicted.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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If our Lord will require His flock at the hands of their pastors, He will undoubtedly require from them a stricter account of that part of his flock for which he has always shown a particular predilection, that is, for children.
Public School Education Michael M��ller 1862
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This American predilection, which is neither good nor bad, has resulted in movies that are grand social documents Schindler's
SFGate: Top News Stories Chronicle mlasalle@sfchronicle.com (Mick LaSalle 2011
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This American predilection, which is neither good nor bad, has resulted in movies that are grand social documents Schindler's
SFGate: Top News Stories Chronicle mlasalle@sfchronicle.com (Mick LaSalle 2011
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Because I very much enjoy reading about people's lives an unappreciative therapist might term my predilection voyeurism, I gravitate toward the biography and memoir section of libraries and bookstores.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Because I very much enjoy reading about people's lives an unappreciative therapist might term my predilection voyeurism, I gravitate toward the biography and memoir section of libraries and bookstores.
NPR Topics: News 2010
Related Words
synonyms (105)
Words with the same meaning
- a thing for
- affinity
- animus
- aptitude
- aptness
- bag
- bent
- bias
- cast
- character
- chosen kind
- conatus
- conduciveness
- constitution
- cup of tea
- delight
- diathesis
- disposition
- druthers
- eagerness
- eccentricity
- fancy
- fascination
- favor
- favoritism
- feeling for
- forejudgment
- grain
- idiosyncrasy
- inclination
- inclining
- individualism
- jaundice
- jaundiced eye
- kidney
- leaning
- liability
- liking
- make
- makeup
- mental set
- mettle
- mind
- mind-set
- mold
- mutual affinity
- mutual attraction
- nature
- one-sidedness
- parti pris
- partialism
- partiality
- particular choice
- partisanship
- penchant
- personal choice
- preapprehension
- preconception
- preconclusion
- preconsideration
- predecision
- predetermination
- predisposition
- preference
- prejudgment
- prejudication
- prejudice
- premature judgment
- prenotion
- prepossession
- presumption
- presupposal
- presupposition
- presurmise
- probability
- proclivity
- proneness
- propensity
- readiness
- sensitivity to
- set
- slant
- soft spot
- stamp
- strain
- streak
- stripe
- style
- susceptibility
- sympathy
- taste
- temper
- temperament
- tendency
- thing
- tropism
- turn
- turn of mind
- twist
- type
- undetachment
- undispassionateness
- warp
- weakness
- willingness
hypernyms (1)
Words that are more generic or abstract
same context (23)
Words that are found in similar contexts
rhymes (45)
Words with the same terminal sound
- advection
- affection
- circumspection
- collection
- complexion
- confection
- connection
- convection
- correction
- defection
- detection
- direction
- disaffection
- disconnection
- disinfection
- dissection
- ejection
- election
- erection
- flexion
- imperfection
- infection
- inflection
- injection
- inspection
- insurrection
- interconnection
- interjection
- intersection
- introspection
- objection
- overprotection
- perfection
- preelection
- projection
- protection
- recollection
- redirection
- reelection
- reflection
- reinspection
- rejection
- resurrection
- section
- selection
100000232338334 commented on the word predilection
"'Bubba' had an unfortunate predilection for cat blood, and he was addlepated, and he could only follow the simplest directions;..." -Club Dead, by Charlaine Harris
February 5, 2011
mohitanand commented on the word predilection
a strong liking
Monte had a predilection for the fine things in life: Cuban cigars, 200 dollar bottles of wine, and trips to the French Riviera.
October 12, 2016