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partiality

 noun
     
par‧ti‧al‧i‧ty [uncountable]
1 unfair support of one person or one group against another [= bias]:
the problem of partiality in news reporting
2

partiality for something

formal a special liking for something:
a partiality for Moorish architecture
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