Favoritism

What do we mean by favoritism?

A display of partiality toward a favored person or group. noun

The state of being held in special favor. noun

The disposition to favor one person or family, or one class of men, to the neglect of others having equal claims. noun

The disposition to favor and promote the interest of one person or family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others having equal claims; partiality. noun

Alternative spelling of favouritism. noun

Unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice noun

An inclination to favor some person or group noun

The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.

When two people do the same thing, but one gets away with it and the other one doesn't. The one that gets away with it is in the favoritism click, and the one that does not is not in the click. Urban Dictionary

The closed-door process by which Southeastern Illinois College in Harrisburg chooses its employees. Urban Dictionary

Favoritism is what the people here at urban dictionary use..they let u put hate definitions on people they dont like but if u like a rapper or a band they dont like and try to define them in a positive way they will deny ur definition becuz the people who work here are self centered ass holes who need to get a real job go f yourselves urban dictionary Urban Dictionary

To favor one person or object over another. Urban Dictionary

Awesomely great person who is waaayyyy better than others. first to hear all stories especially those that have to do with ones mental well-being. they are lurved greatly. Urban Dictionary

A term of endearment applied to a boyfriend, girlfriend, or good friend. Instead of ‘honey’ or ‘sweetie’ they are your favorite, favorite meaning most wanted or desired. Urban Dictionary

Verb: 1.the act of placing something onto a list of favorite items. 2. The act of placing a website onto the "favorites" list on a computer. Urban Dictionary

Favoriting is the act of adding a user's video, audio, story or image submissions to your list of favorites while being on a community website. Some websites like DeviantArt show how many people have favorited your work. Its always nice to thank people when they do this. Urban Dictionary

The act of adding someones tweet to your favorites on Twitter. This is used as a form of appreciation when someone makes a good tweet. Also known as "Starring" due to the icon used to add something as a favorite. There are websites that catalogue and rank tweets based on amount of stars given. This was initially started to record and rank funny tweets on sites such as Favrd.com and favotter.matope.com. The much broader Favstar.fm was the first to use the non-dictionary term favorited deliberately. Urban Dictionary

A definition you find while editing on UD that is very good or really funny. You make it a favorite by cliking on the blue star to the right of the definition. selecting a favorite will give that a fighting chance for the word of the day Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to favoritism:
favoritism, favouritism, favorites.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word favoritism:
ingroup, derogation, nepotism, bias, bribery, awarding, implicit, toward, justification, hostility, corruption, towards, allegations, contracts, relatives, preference, perceived, expense, judges, conflicts, explored, merit, psychological, discrimination, equality, resignation, elite, denied, officials, ethnic, accused, selection, displayed, religion, shown, desire, exclusive, favor, positive, characterized, showed, investigation, conflict, abuse, identity, athletes, indeed, abroad, behavior, candidates, characteristics, appointment, promotion.

Words that rhyme with favoritism:
fascism, aphorism, euphemism, recidivism, altruism, nihilism, nepotism, plagiarism, socialism, anachronism, mechanism, racism, narcissism, optimism, schism, criticism, chism, prism, metabolism, atheism, terrorism, autism, cronyism, organism, cynicism, populism, hedonism, capitalism, nationalism, feminism, communism, pragmatism, parallelism, animism, ism, mysticism, humanism, chauvinism, catechism, imperialism, journalism, despotism, patriotism, materialism, consumerism, stoicism, pluralism, skepticism, embolism, gnosticism, empiricism, magnetism, professionalism, dynamism, mercantilism, feudalism, astigmatism, tourism, mannerism, antagonism, secularism, pessimism, liberalism, judaism, rheumatism, chisum, paternalism, egalitarianism, fatalism, nativism, aneurism, activism, dualism, zionism, positivism, absolutism, totalitarianism, determinism, federalism, botulism, egotism, egoism, symbolism, evangelism, individualism, surrealism, alcoholism, colonialism, modernism, collectivism, naturalism, statism, darwinism, romanticism, legalism, elitism, relativism, parochialism, heroism, conservatism.

Adjectives that are often used to describe favoritism:
political, personal, such, ingroup, group, parental, gross, governmental, special, blatant, undue, ethnic, much, alleged, apparent, official, obvious, arbitrary, sexual, local, mere, racial, divine, religious, regional, possible, private, royal, legislative, partisan, unjust, open, overt, unfair, sectional, extreme, improper, outright, rank, excessive, marked, less, flagrant, unwarranted, petty, judicial, corrupt, avoid, rampant, administrative, male, systematic, sheer, tribal, deliberate, bureaucratic, whimsical, widespread, presidential, paternal, unconscious, subtle, supposed, continued, corporate, slightest, managerial, republican.

Words that sound like favoritism:
favoritism, favouritism, favorite son, favourite son, favorite song, favorita, fordism, phonetism, teratism, erotism.