favouritism
The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of anotherThe unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
» It looks a bit like favouritism to me.
Das ist doch eine Vetternwirtschaft! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Examples
1 sentencesIt looks a bit like favouritism to me.
deDas ist doch eine Vetternwirtschaft! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
Günstlingswirtschaft, Vetternwirtschaft
фаворити́змfavoritízm, кумовство́kumovstvó
unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
Forms
plural: favouritismsSynonyms
2 synonyms- an inclination to favor some person or group:favoritism
- unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice:discriminationfavoritism
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.