partiality
nounUS /pɑɹʃiˈælɪti/ · UK /pɑːʃiˈalɪti/
Etymology From Middle English parcialite, parcialtee, parcyalte, partialte, percialite, from Middle French partialité and its etymon Medieval Latin partiālitās. Doublet of partialitas.
1
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.
2
The quality of being partial or incomplete.
- Illness confronts the self with partiality, incompleteness, and mortality.2008, Hugo Letiche, Making Healthcare Care: Managing via Simple Guiding Principles:
- Synonyms
- bias, partialness
- Antonyms
- antibias, impartiality, impartialness, disinterested § Synonyms
- Derived terms
- nonpartiality, self-partiality