Dictionary Definition
predilection
Noun
1 a predisposition in favor of something; "a
predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed
a Marxist orientation" [syn: preference, orientation]
2 a strong liking; "my own preference is for good
literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney" [syn: preference, penchant, taste]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From prédilection.Noun
- Condition of favoring
or liking; tendency
towards; proclivity;
predisposition.
- 1987, Edwin M. Yoder Jr., "Lewis Powell a Fine Sense of
Balance," Washington Post, 29 Jun.,
- But for him the first rule of judging was to set aside personal predilection and vote the law and the facts.
- 2000, Terry McCarthy, "Lost Generation," Time Asia, 23 Oct.,
- ... youth’s predilection for revolt.
- 2001, Marina Cantacuzino, "On deadly ground," The Guardian, 13
Mar.,
- Wilson doesn’t see any inconsistency between his socialism and his predilection for the high life.
- 1987, Edwin M. Yoder Jr., "Lewis Powell a Fine Sense of
Balance," Washington Post, 29 Jun.,
Translations
tendency towards
- Dutch: neiging, voorkeur, voorliefde
- Finnish: mieltymys
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
a thing for, affinity, animus, aptitude, aptness, bag, bent, bias, cast, character, chosen kind,
conatus, conduciveness, constitution, cup of tea,
delight, diathesis, disposition, druthers, eagerness, eccentricity, fancy, fascination, favor, favoritism, feeling for,
forejudgment,
grain, idiosyncrasy, inclination, inclining, individualism, jaundice, jaundiced eye,
kidney, leaning, liability, liking, make, makeup, mental set, mettle, mind, mind-set, mold, mutual affinity, mutual
attraction, nature,
one-sidedness, parti pris, partialism, partiality, particular
choice, partisanship, penchant, personal choice,
preapprehension,
preconception,
preconclusion,
preconsideration,
predecision,
predetermination,
predisposition,
preference, prejudgment, prejudication, prejudice, premature judgment,
prenotion, prepossession, presumption, presupposal, presupposition, presurmise, probability, proclivity, proneness, propensity, readiness, sensitivity to,
set, slant, soft spot, stamp, strain, streak, stripe, style, susceptibility, sympathy, taste, temper, temperament, tendency, thing, tropism, turn, turn of mind, twist, type, undetachment, undispassionateness,
warp, weakness, willingness