Synonyms for favoritism

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fey-ver-i-tiz-uh m, feyv-ri-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfeɪ vər ɪˌtɪz əm, ˈfeɪv rɪ-

Définition of favoritism

Origin : 1763, from favorite + -ism.

noun bias, partiality

Example sentences :

Wastefulness, profligacy, or favoritism in public expenditures is criminal.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

Its favoritism, thats what it is, remarked Mr. Mackerly, shortly.
Extract from : « Golden Days for Boys and Girls » by Various

Of favoritism in appointments Mr. Gallatin could not be accused.
Extract from : « Albert Gallatin » by John Austin Stevens

His appointments to office were marked by favoritism and incapacity.
Extract from : « The New Nation » by Frederic L. Paxson

No favoritism; no throwing weight around; no glory-grabbing.
Extract from : « A Matter of Importance » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins

Why, would be difficult to say on any other hypothesis than that of favoritism.
Extract from : « Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals » by William H. Armstrong

Berkeley denied the charges of favoritism and misgovernment.
Extract from : « Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 » by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker

So the jailor, showing no favoritism, had seen fit to handcuff young Jim.
Extract from : « Back Home » by Irvin S. Cobb

Case of favoritism, I suppose, said McCarney, sympathetically.
Extract from : « Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team » by Lester Chadwick

I have another objection to this policy: the favoritism that is involved in it.
Extract from : « Speeches of Benjamin Harrison » by Benjamin Harrison

Antonyms for favoritism

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