predilection

Definition

A condition of favoring or liking; a tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin praedīlēctiō.

Example Sentences

• "The young King looked tenderly at Mademoiselle Mancini, who gave him a glance quite as tender in return—not, however, unobserved. His mother had been for some time past a displeased spectator of a predilection which might become dangerous."
• "American operating practice aims at the minimum wastage of time by locomotives at water columns and coal stages, and this predilection for shunters with high capacity tenders is thereby explained."
• "It was an illusion, of course, generated by Clevinger's predilection for staring fixedly at one side of a question and never seeing the other side at all."

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