partiality
noun
the state or character of being partial.
partialities
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pluralof partiality.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Out of all the bizarre vampire partialities presented as humdrum on "What We Do In the Shadows," the Staten Island housemates' unconventional, looser approach to intimacy is distinctive if not singular.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2023
They inevitably involve "animosities, partialities, influence and interest."
From Time Magazine Archive
I offer no objection to these partialities; but I entertain an individual preference for volumes chosen from nearly all branches of the belles lettres, each for its own sake.
From The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by William Carew Hazlitt
His very violence and acrimony, his strong prejudices, and no less confirmed partialities, were perhaps the very best instruments he could have used for advancing the cause of the Reformation.
From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) by Henry Glassford Bell
By one of those partialities that fill men at once with gratitude and wonder his choosing was directed well.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 by Robert Louis Stevenson
