preferring

alternative præferring

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of prefer
2. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of preferre

plural preferrings · alternative præferring

1. A preference; the choice of something preferred.

   He gives our preferrings the bad name of the machinery of motives, but they are just what we feel in ourselves when we decide.

   1984, Steven M. Cahn, Patricia Kitcher, George Sher, Reason at Work: Introductory Readings in Philosophy, page 497