"favouritism" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-favouritism.wav [Southern-England] Forms: favouritisms [plural]
Etymology: favourite + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|favourite|ism}} favourite + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} favouritism (countable and uncountable, plural favouritisms)
  1. (British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Corruption Synonyms: favoritism [US] Translations (unfair favouring): تَفْضِيل (tafḍīl) [masculine] (Arabic), favoritisme [masculine] (Catalan), 偏愛 (Chinese Mandarin), 偏爱 (piān'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), 得寵 (Chinese Mandarin), 得宠 (déchǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), 偏袒 (piāntǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), protekce [feminine] (Czech), nadržování [neuter] (Czech), suosinta (Finnish), favoritisme [masculine] (French), Günstlingswirtschaft [feminine] (German), Vetternwirtschaft [feminine] (German), ευνοιοκρατία (evnoiokratía) [feminine] (Greek), φαβοριτισμός (favoritismós) [masculine] (Greek), pilih kasih (Indonesian), fabhraíocht [feminine] (Irish), fabhar [masculine] (Irish), favoritismo [masculine] (Italian), mariutanga (Maori), faworyzowanie [neuter] (Polish), favoritismo [masculine] (Portuguese), favoritism [neuter] (Romanian), фаворити́зм (favoritízm) [masculine] (Russian), кумовство́ (kumovstvó) [neuter] (Russian), favoritismo [masculine] (Spanish), favorisering [common-gender] (Swedish), paboritismo (Tagalog), adam kayırmacılık (Turkish), ffafriaeth [feminine] (Welsh)

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