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Word: Predilection
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: partly from Italian predilezione, and partly from French prédilection, from pre- pre- + Italian dilezione, French dilection, from late Latin dilection- ‘love, affection’, from Latin diligere ‘to love’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌpriːdɪˈlɛkʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favour of something
Short Definition:preference or special liking for something
Examples:- my predilection for Asian food
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