Predilection
[,prɛdl'ɛkʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a predisposition in favor of something; 'a predilection for expensive cars'; 'his sexual preferences'; 'showed a Marxist orientation'.
Editor: Oswald--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Prepossession (in favor of), partiality, preference, inclination, liking, fondness, love.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Prepossession, preference, leaning, liking, fondness, bias, inclination,predisposition, tendency, prejudice, partiality
ANT:Prejudice, aversion, indisposition, antipathy, disinclination, apathy
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Definition
n. a choosing beforehand: favourable prepossession of mind: partiality.—v.t. Predilect′ to prefer.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The preparatory stage of disillusion.
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Examples
- I have not so much as the slightest predilection left. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I saw you matched against an Apollyon of a predilection; you fought a good fight, and you overcame! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They seem, however, to have some predilection for the latter. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Even had that not been so, the inclinations of the boy barely ten years old were toward chemistry, and fifty years later there is seen no change of predilection. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- To which it may be added that not less equally have the nature of inheritance and the quality of atavism been exhibited in his extraordinary predilection for the miller's art. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The predilections of the inexhaustible baby being provided for, Bella could think of nothing else. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Our natures own predilections and antipathies alike strange. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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