Meanings
plural partialities
- countableuncountablePreference, bias in favor of, tendency.
The judge's partiality towards the defendant caused him to be replaced, with someone who was apparently more neutral.
- countableuncountableThe quality of being partial or incomplete.
Illness confronts the self with partiality, incompleteness, and mortality.
2008, Hugo Letiche, Making Healthcare Care: Managing via Simple Guiding Principles
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Medieval Latinpartiālitās
- Middle Frenchpartialité
- Middle Englishparcialite, parcialtee, parcyalte, partialte, percialite
- Englishpartiality
From Middle English parcialite, parcialtee, parcyalte, partialte, percialite, from Middle French partialité and its etymon Medieval Latin partiālitās. Doublet of partialitas.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اِنْحِيَاز
- اِنْحِيَاز (inḥiyāz)preference
Bulgarian пристрастие
- пристрастие (pristrastie)preference
Czech zaujatost, předpojatost
- zaujatostpreference
- předpojatostpreference
- náklonnostpreference
Dutch partijdigheid
- partijdigheidpreference
Finnish puolueellisuus
- puolueellisuuspreference
French partialité
- partialitépreference
German Parteilichkeit, Befangenheit
- Parteilichkeitpreference
- Befangenheitpreference
Hindi पक्षपात, झुकाव
- पक्षपात (pakṣapāt)preference
- झुकाव (jhukāv)preference
Hungarian elfogultság, részrehajlás
- elfogultságpreference
- részrehajláspreference
- kivételezéspreference
Italian predilezione
- predilezionepreference
Polish stronniczość, tendencyjność
- stronniczośćpreference
- tendencyjnośćpreference
Portuguese parcialidade
- parcialidadepreference
Russian предвзя́тость
- предвзя́тость (predvzjátostʹ)preference
Scottish Gaelic leth-bhreith
- leth-bhreithpreference
Spanish parcialidad
- parcialidadpreference
Yiddish צדדימדיקייט, פּאַרטיייִשקייט
- צדדימדיקייט (tsdodimdikeyt)preference
- פּאַרטיייִשקייט (parteyishkeyt)preference
- אײַנזײַטיקייט (aynzaytikeyt)preference
- משׂא־פּנים (maseponem)preference
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Cite this entry
partiality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/partiality
“partiality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/partiality. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “partiality,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/partiality.
Source: partiality on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.