favouritism

Other forms of favouritism

plural

favouritisms·

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 favouritism

What does favouritism mean?

favouritism 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 favouritism?

favouritism has 4 syllables: fa-vou-ri-tism. The stress falls on "vou".

What is another word for favouritism?

Close synonyms include favoritism, discrimination, favoritism. 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 favouritism a common word?

favouritism 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.