partiality

Other forms of partiality

plural

partialities·

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 partiality

What does partiality mean?

partiality means "a predisposition to like something". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in partiality?

partiality has 5 syllables: par-ti-al-i-ty. The stress falls on "al". In IPA it is /ˌpɑɹʃiˈæləti/.

What is another word for partiality?

Close synonyms include fondness, fancy, partisanship. 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.

What is the opposite of partiality?

The recorded antonyms are impartiality.

Is partiality a common word?

partiality is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. 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 partiality?

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