Definition of Favouritism

1. Noun. An inclination to favor some person or group.

Exact synonyms: Favoritism
Generic synonyms: Disposition, Inclination, Tendency

2. Noun. Unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice.

Definition of Favouritism

1. Noun. (British) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Favouritism

favouredly
favourer
favourers
favourest
favoureth
favouring
favouringly
favourise
favourite
favourite(a)
favourite son
favourited
favourites
favouritest
favouriting
favouritism (current term)
favouritisms
favourize
favourless
favourous
favours
favous
favrile
favriles
favs
favulariate
favus
favuses
favy
faw

Literary usage of Favouritism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1871)
"... 24 7i 4 d Fashionable Intelligence : — Marriage of Lord Garlics, 30 n 6 с Fatal Fight at Dundry, 9 nG / Street Outrage, 11 ч 11 d favouritism, ..."

2. Memoirs of the Court of England, from the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of by John Heneage Jesse (1846)
"Reflections on William's system of favouritism.—Albemarle's gallantry in the field.—Is favourably noticed by Queen Anne, after William's death. ..."

3. The Expositor edited by William Robertson Nicoll, Samuel Cox, James Moffatt (1885)
"parable Isaiah, with a grave and earnest irony, indicated the evils of the nepotism and favouritism from which even statesmen of the better class (Bacon ..."

4. Maxims, Opinions and Characters, Moral, Political, and Economical by Edmond Burke (1815)
"favouritism. A PLAN of favouritism for our executory government is essentially at variance with the plan of our legislature. One great end undoubtedly of a ..."

5. A New System of Practical Domestic Economy, Founded on Modern Discoveries (1827)
"... Duties of Master and Servants— Giving Characters—Folly of raising Servants above their Stations—The giving of Orders— Bad Effects of favouritism, ..."

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