Favouritism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another. UK, countable, uncountable

    "Heidi Alexander has experience of London. As Transport Secretary, she will also be under pressure not to show favouritism to the capital."

  2. 2
    unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice wordnet
  3. 3
    an inclination to favor some person or group wordnet

Synonyms

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discriminationdiscriminationfavoritismfavoritism

Example

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"It looks a bit like favouritism to me."

Etymology

From favourit(e) + -ism.

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