partiality

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partiality

/pɑɹʃiˈælɪti/ US
/pɑɹˈʃælɪti/ US
/pɑɹˈʃæləti/ US
/pɑːʃiˈalɪti/ UK
/pɑːˈʃalɪti/ UK
/pɑːˈʃaləti/ UK
/pɐːʃiˈɛlɘti/ New Zealand
/pɐːˈʃɛlɘti/ New Zealand

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From Middle English parcialite, parcialtee, parcyalte, partialte, percialite, from Middle French partialité and its etymon Medieval Latin partiālitās. Doublet of partialitas.

noun partialities

countable, uncountable Preference, bias in favor of, tendency. The judge's partiality towards the defendant caused him to be replaced, with someone who was apparently more neutral.
countable, uncountable The quality of being partial or incomplete. Illness confronts the self with partiality, incompleteness, and mortality.

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Español	parcialidad
हिन्दी	पक्षपात pakṣapāt, झुकाव jhukāv
Português	parcialidade
Français	partialité
Deutsch	Parteilichkeit, Befangenheit
Italiano	predilezione
Русский	предвзя́тость predvzjátostʹ
العربية	اِنْحِيَاز inḥiyāz

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@misc{partiality_2026,
  title = {partiality},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/partiality},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}