I have a predilection for beef.
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Predilection
//ˌpɹɛ.dəˈlɛk.ʃn̩//
Synonyms for "predilection" (143 found)
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Strong matches (43)
Related words (71)
mutual attractionnatureone-sidednessparti prispartialismpartialityparticular choicepartisanshippassionpenchantpersonal choicepersuasionpreapprehensionpreconceptionpreconclusionpreconsiderationpredecisionpredeterminationpredispositionprejudgment
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prejudicationprejudicepremature judgmentprenotionprepossessionpresumptionpresupposalpresuppositionpresurmiseprobabilityproclivitypronenesspropensityreadinesssensitivity tosentimentsetslantsoft spotstampstrainstreakstripestylesusceptibilitysympathytalenttastetempertemperamenttendencythingtropismturnturn of mindtwisttypeundetachmentundispassionatenesswarpweaknesswillingness
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37 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- предпочитание noun (tendency towards)
- склонност noun (tendency towards)
Catalan
1 entries- predilecció noun (tendency towards)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 偏愛 /偏爱 noun (tendency towards)
Czech
3 entries- sklony noun (tendency towards)
- slabost noun (tendency towards)
- záliba noun (tendency towards)
Dutch
3 entries- neiging noun (tendency towards)
- voorkeur noun (tendency towards)
- voorliefde noun (tendency towards)
Finnish
1 entries- mieltymys noun (tendency towards)
French
1 entries- prédilection noun (tendency towards)
Galician
1 entries- predilección noun (tendency towards)
Georgian
2 entries- მიდრეკილება noun (tendency towards)
- მისწრაფება noun (tendency towards)
German
3 entries- Faible noun (tendency towards)
- Neigung noun (tendency towards)
- Vorliebe noun (tendency towards)
Hindi
3 entries- अनुराग noun (tendency towards)
- खिचाव noun (tendency towards)
- पूर्वाभिरुचि noun (tendency towards)
Hungarian
2 entries- előszeretet noun (tendency towards)
- részrehajlás noun (tendency towards)
Italian
1 entries- predilezione noun (tendency towards)
Latin
1 entries- praedīlēctiō noun (tendency towards)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- forkjærlighet noun (tendency towards)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Läne noun (tendency towards)
Portuguese
1 entries- predileção noun (tendency towards)
Romanian
1 entries- predilecție noun (tendency towards)
Russian
2 entries- предрасполо́женность noun (tendency towards)
- скло́нность noun (tendency towards)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अनुराग noun (tendency towards)
- पूर्वाभिरुचि noun (tendency towards)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- predilekcija noun (tendency towards)
- sklonost noun (tendency towards)
Spanish
1 entries- predilección noun (tendency towards)
Swedish
1 entries- förkärlek noun (tendency towards)
Sample sentences
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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