Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

favouritism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: favouritism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Heidi Alexander has experience of London. As Transport Secretary, she will also be under pressure not to show favouritism to the capital."

Etymology

Etymology tree English favourit(e) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English favouritism From favourit(e) + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

favouritisms (plural) favoritism (alternative, US)

Synonyms

discrimination favoritism

Questions

What does favouritism mean?: The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
Where does favouritism come from?: Etymology tree English favourit(e) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English favouritism From favourit(e) + -ism.

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