predilection
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8.4
- noun
- /ˌprɛdɪˈlɛkʃən/
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predilección
- Many people share a predilection for chocolate desserts, often choosing them over fruit.
- a strong predilection
- personal predilections
- own predilections
Hence the tremendous predilection for destruction.
- Hence the tremendous predilection for destruction.
- And for every person out there who had the bad boy, bad girl, bad person predilection wanted that sort of bad person to date.
- What are the disadvantages of being a person who lives life with the worldview and perspective and predilection and disposition that you have?
Examples
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Schools and teachers often eschew opportunities to take advantage of their students' predilection for new technologies or possibilities.
Academic text (2001) -
I had heard of His Majesty's predilection for game pie and of his exacting culinary standards.
Fiction book (1999) -
As you know, I have a predilection for winners.
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Anything in there indicate a predilection for violence?
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We all know she had a predilection for the gamier side of sex.
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I'm not ashamed of my predilection.
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As you can see, she displayed a definite predilection for controlled behavior, did Emily.
Fiction book (1990) -
Giving oneself to others is not for everyone; one must have a knack for it, a predilection for goodness.
Fiction book (1996) -
There was also a strong predilection of the influenza virus for the infants and the elderly.
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People perceive art according to their predilections, their personal histories, and their society's ideologies.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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4.1
A person's liking for styles, clothes, or art
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2.1
A stronger liking for one thing than for others
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4.2
A natural tendency to want or choose something
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8.2
A strong liking for something you do often
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3.3
A strong liking for something that may be bad for you
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3.1
A liking for one thing over another
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8.5
A natural liking or habit of doing something, often a bad thing
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7.1
A tendency to think or behave in a certain way because of past experiences
Antonyms
How Fond
Surface Forms
Morphology
predilection = predilect (opaque) = predilect + ion
Although historically analyzable, the base 'predilect' and the elements are not productive or familiar to average learners, so the meaning cannot be reliably derived from known English morphemes.
Etymology
The word predilection comes from Latin parts prae- 'before' and diligere 'to choose' or 'to love', so it once meant 'to choose before' or to favor something first. That's why a predilection is a strong liking or preference for something.