favoritism

Other forms of favoritism

plural

favoritisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about favoritism

What does favoritism mean?

favoritism means "an inclination to favor some person or group". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in favoritism?

favoritism has 5 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈfeɪvɚɪˌtɪzəm/.

What is another word for favoritism?

Close synonyms include favouritism, discrimination, favouritism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is favoritism a common word?

favoritism is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with favoritism?

23 words rhyme with favoritism. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.