favoritism

Definitions

The practice of giving unfair preferential treatment to one person or group at the expense of others.

A display of partiality or bias toward a specific individual or entity.

Examples

The manager was accused of favoritism when he promoted his close friend over more qualified candidates.

The teacher made a conscious effort to treat every student equally to avoid any appearance of favoritism.

Synonyms

nepotism cronyism partiality bias preferential treatment partisanship one-sidedness

Antonyms

impartiality fairness neutrality objectivity equity detachment unbiasedness