partiality
part of speech
noun (partiality, partialities)
meaning for a pupil
1) Unfair support for one person or side over another: "The referee showed partiality." tree →
2) A special liking for something: "a partiality for chocolate". tree →
sense in the lessons
In school, sport and law, partiality is unfair: judges and referees must be impartial (not favouring anyone). In everyday or old-fashioned speech, "a partiality for" something means you really like it.
examples
- The referee was accused of partiality towards the home team. tree →
- A judge must avoid partiality. tree →
- Grandpa has a partiality for strong cheese. tree →
- The teacher showed no partiality and treated us all the same. tree →
- Her partiality for cats was well known. tree →
- Partiality in a contest is unfair to the other players. tree →
- He gave judgments without partiality, hatred, ignorance, or fear. tree →
note
Usually uncountable. Opposite: impartiality (being fair). Adjective: partial, which has two meanings: "unfair, favouring" and "liking" ("I'm partial to cake"), and also "not complete" ("a partial eclipse"). Do not mix up the meanings.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «partiality» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.