Pār'ti-āl'i-ty, n.

noun

(pār'shī-āl'i-tē, 95), n. [Fr. partialité, Sp. parcialidad, It. parzialità. See supra.]

  1. The quality of being partial; inclination to favor one party, or one side of a question, more than the other; undue bias of mind toward one party or side.
  2. A stronger inclination to one thing than to others; special fondness; as, a partiality for poetry or painting.