Definition of Predilection

1. Noun. A predisposition in favor of something. "Showed a Marxist orientation"

Exact synonyms: Orientation, Preference
Generic synonyms: Predisposition
Derivative terms: Prefer, Preferent, Preferential

2. Noun. A strong liking. "The Irish have a penchant for blarney"
Exact synonyms: Penchant, Preference, Taste
Generic synonyms: Liking
Specialized synonyms: Acquired Taste, Weakness
Derivative terms: Prefer

Definition of Predilection

1. n. A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality.

Definition of Predilection

1. Noun. Condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Predilection

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Predilection

predictory
predicts
predied
predies
predigest
predigested
predigesting
predigestion
predigestions
predigests
predigital
predikant
predilect
predilected
predilecting
predilection (current term)
predilections
predilects
predilution
prediluvian
predinner
predinners
predisagreement
predisagreements
predisaster
predischarge
predisco
prediscount
prediscover
prediscovered

Literary usage of Predilection

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

1. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1810)
"... the king find commons. being construed into a predilection for the Romish doctrines, and a hatred of the puritans, exasperated the spirit of liberty, ..."

2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"The reader's estimate of Browning and Tennyson will probably be decided by his predilection for the higher effort or for the more perfect art. ..."

3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1849)
""For History he had a decided predilection, and he indulged it. There were not many better versed than he in the Colonial History of Plymouth and ..."

4. The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing His Correspondence, and His by Alexander Hamilton (1851)
"... emulating the glory of the man, whom neither our warmest admiration, nor our fondest predilection, could protect from the fatal shaft. ..."

5. Primitive Love and Love-stories by Henry Theophilus Finck (1899)
"SHALLOW predilection Even where there is M\ appearance of predilection it is apt to be shallow and fragile. ..."

6. The Bookman (1900)
"After some conversation the trating and through cover designs, his predilection for colour lending itself to the latter. Mr. Wright has a decided preference ..."

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