Synonyms for favoritism
ˈfeɪ vər ɪˌtɪz əm, ˈfeɪv rɪ-fa·voritism

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1. favoritism

   Synonyms:
   dishonesty, inequity, injustice, partiality, unfairness, unlawfulness, unreasonableness, untruth, wrong

   Antonyms:
   equity, fair play, fairness, faithfulness, honor, impartiality, integrity, justice, justness, law, lawfulness, legality, rectitude, right, righteousness, rightfulness, truth, uprightness, virtue

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1. favoritism

   Synonyms:
   partiality, invidiousness

   Antonyms:
   odium, prejudice, antipathy

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1. favoritism, favouritismnoun

   an inclination to favor some person or group

   Synonyms:
   favouritism, discrimination

2. discrimination, favoritism, favouritismnoun

   unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice

   Synonyms:
   favouritism, secernment, discrimination

Matched Categories

1. • Inclination
   • Social Control

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1. favoritismnoun

   Synonyms:
   partiality

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1. favoritismnoun

   Synonyms:
   partiality, nepotism

   Antonyms:
   impartiality

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1. List of paraphrases for "favoritism":

   favouritism, patronage, nepotism, cronyism

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How to use favoritism in a sentence?

1. June 7:

   Korean government officials, from the highest level, through to the NPS, an organ of the State, acted to manipulate the vote motivated by bribery, favoritism to the Lee Family, and open hostility toward non-Korean investors.

2. Mike Pence:

   The media is piling on with unsubstantiated claims … while they ignore an avalanche of hard evidence about corruption, pay to play, political favoritism emanating out of Hillary Clinton's years as secretary of state.

3. Sean Spicer:

   Every candidate has equal access to our superior data file at the RNC because we believe primaries should be a process free from party interference and that puts voters and campaigns first, that's why it is so troubling to see the DNC engage in such heavy-handed favoritism benefiting Hillary Clinton, a pattern which will continue (Saturday) night with another debate deliberately scheduled to limit viewership.

4. William Yeatman:

   Let’s remember that the need for energy storage systems is strictly a consequence of the intermittency of renewable energy sources like solar and wind, ... These companies benefit from the grants and indirectly from the inefficiencies of an industry that exists by the grace of political favoritism.

5. John Bolton:

   The impression left is that there’s favoritism involved, and it’s just very unusual in State Department real estate and housing transactions overseas to have this kind of focus on someone with such clear financial connections to even the departed secretary of state. Normally, there’s much more competitive activity involved, [of] which we haven’t seen any evidence from the State Department.