It looks a bit like favouritism to me.
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Favouritism
Synonyms for "favouritism" (4 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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30 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَفْضِيل noun (unfair favouring)
Catalan
1 entries- favoritisme noun (unfair favouring)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 偏愛 /偏爱 noun (unfair favouring)
- 偏袒 noun (unfair favouring)
- 得寵 /得宠 noun (unfair favouring)
Czech
2 entries- nadržování noun (unfair favouring)
- protekce noun (unfair favouring)
Dutch
2 entries- favoritisme noun (unfair favouring)
- vriendjespolitiek noun (unfair favouring)
Finnish
1 entries- suosinta noun (unfair favouring)
French
1 entries- favoritisme noun (unfair favouring)
German
2 entries- Günstlingswirtschaft noun (unfair favouring)
- Vetternwirtschaft noun (unfair favouring)
Greek
2 entries- ευνοιοκρατία noun (unfair favouring)
- φαβοριτισμός noun (unfair favouring)
Indonesian
1 entries- pilih kasih noun (unfair favouring)
Irish
2 entries- fabhar noun (unfair favouring)
- fabhraíocht noun (unfair favouring)
Italian
1 entries- favoritismo noun (unfair favouring)
Māori
1 entries- mariutanga noun (unfair favouring)
Polish
1 entries- faworyzowanie noun (unfair favouring)
Portuguese
1 entries- favoritismo noun (unfair favouring)
Romanian
1 entries- favoritism noun (unfair favouring)
Russian
2 entries- кумовство́ noun (unfair favouring)
- фаворити́зм noun (unfair favouring)
Spanish
1 entries- favoritismo noun (unfair favouring)
Swedish
1 entries- favorisering noun (unfair favouring)
Tagalog
1 entries- paboritismo noun (unfair favouring)
Turkish
1 entries- adam kayırmacılık noun (unfair favouring)
Welsh
1 entries- ffafriaeth noun (unfair favouring)
Sample sentences
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Heidi Alexander has experience of London. As Transport Secretary, she will also be under pressure not to show favouritism to the capital.
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