partiality
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Etymology edit
From Middle French partialité, from Medieval Latin partiālitās.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɑɹʃiˈælɪti/, /pɑɹˈʃælɪti/, /pɑɹˈʃæləti/
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɑːʃiˈalɪti/, /pɑːˈʃalɪti/, /pɑːˈʃaləti/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /pɐːʃiˈɛlɘti/, /pɐːˈʃɛlɘti/
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Noun edit
partiality (countable and uncountable, plural partialities)
- Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.
- The judge's partiality towards the defendant caused him to be replaced, with someone who was apparently more neutral.
- The quality of being partial or incomplete.
- 2008, Hugo Letiche, Making Healthcare Care: Managing via Simple Guiding Principles:
- Illness confronts the self with partiality, incompleteness, and mortality.
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