I have a predilection for beef.
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Predilection
/ˌpɹɛ.dəˈlɛk.ʃn̩/
Synonyms for "predilection" (155 found)
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Noun(10 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (77)
parti prispartialismpartialityparticular choicepartisanshippassionpenchantpersonal choicepersuasionpreapprehensionpreconceptionpreconclusionpreconsiderationpredecisionpredeterminationpredispositionpreferenceprejudgmentprejudicationprejudice
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premature judgmentprenotionprepossessionpresumptionpresupposalpresuppositionpresurmiseprobabilityproclivitypronenesspropensityreadinesssensitivity tosentimentsetslantsoft spotstampstrainstreakstripestylesusceptibilitysympathytalenttastetempertemperamenttendencythingtropismturnturn of mindtwisttypeundetachmentundispassionatenesswarpweaknesswillingness
Noun(16 words)
penchantpenchantspolitical status quopredilectionspredispositionspreferencespreferringprejudiceproclivitiesspanish orientaciónsympathiestastetendencytends towardtiltstints
Adjective(1 words)
strong affinity
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5 entriesacademic predilectionlifelong predilectionnatural predilectionpredilection for factsstrong predilection
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14 total sentences available.
Marilla's astonishment could not have been greater if Matthew had expressed a predilection for standing on his head.
Source: tatoeba (5825004)
The logician as such, with his predilection for water-tight compartments in the realm of ideas, is not concerned with what to me as a linguist seems a most important question, viz. how is it to be explained that a sequence of sounds with no meaning at all suddenly from non-connotative becomes connotative, and that this new full meaning is at once accepted by the whole speaking community?
Source: tatoeba (9940633)
She always had a predilection for round numbers.
Source: tatoeba (10203243)
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