Thesaurus / predilection
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Before that, she was a biology student with a predilection for fungi, and before that a jungle-trained member of the Air Force.
SHARON MATOLA, DEVOTED ZOOKEEPER AND CONSERVATIONIST, DIES AT 66EMILY LANGERMARCH 31, 2021WASHINGTON POST
The Bush women were not destined to break the mold — only to maintain it and shape it ever so gently with their own style, personality and predilections.
FOR THREE GENERATIONS OF BUSH WOMEN, PERSONAL PAIN AND A PUBLIC SPOTLIGHTJANE EISNERMARCH 19, 2021WASHINGTON POST
“You followed that precedent, and you did so as a jurist rather than following whatever personal predilection might have otherwise guided you or any other member of the panel,” Lee said.
BARRETT CONFIRMATION HEARING DAY THREE: BARRETT DECLINES TO SAY WHETHER IT’S WRONG TO SEPARATE MIGRANT CHILDREN FROM PARENTSDEREK HAWKINS, SEUNG MIN KIM, ANN MARIMOW, KAROUN DEMIRJIANOCTOBER 14, 2020WASHINGTON POST
Some of them might have a predilection for Germany; but such predilections were subordinate to a stronger feeling.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
With his usual predilection for fruit, Phil went off and picked a quart of marsh-berries.
GOLD-SEEKING ON THE DALTON TRAILARTHUR R. THOMPSON
The simple unexaggerated truth is that Chopin had always a predilection for, and felt more at home among, his compatriots.
FREDERICK CHOPIN AS A MAN AND MUSICIANFREDERICK NIECKS
Liszt gives us all the desirable information as to Chopin's predilection in this respect.
FREDERICK CHOPIN AS A MAN AND MUSICIANFREDERICK NIECKS
Chopin's predilection for the fashionable salon society led him to neglect the society of artists.
FREDERICK CHOPIN AS A MAN AND MUSICIANFREDERICK NIECKS
Sanatogen is a nerve and tissue food for which the brain, spinal cord and the nerves have a special predilection.
The predilection for them has become so universal that now everything is to be done la Grecque.
THE HISTORY OF MODERN PAINTING, VOLUME 1 (OF 4)RICHARD MUTHER
WORDS RELATED TO PREDILECTION
- bent
- bigotry
- chauvinism
- disposition
- favoritism
- flash
- head-set
- illiberality
- inclination
- intolerance
- leaning
- mind trip
- mind-set
- narrowmindedness
- one-sidedness
- penchant
- preconception
- predilection
- predisposition
- preference
- prejudice
- prepossession
- proclivity
- proneness
- propensity
- spin
- standpoint
- tendency
- tilt
- turn
- unfairness
- viewpoint
- admiration
- ambition
- appetite
- ardor
- aspiration
- attraction
- avidity
- concupiscence
- covetousness
- craving
- craze
- cupidity
- devotion
- doting
- eagerness
- fancy
- fascination
- fervor
- fondness
- frenzy
- greed
- hankering
- hunger
- inclination
- infatuation
- itch
- lasciviousness
- lechery
- libido
- liking
- love
- lust
- mania
- motive
- need
- passion
- predilection
- proclivity
- propensity
- rapaciousness
- rapture
- ravenousness
- relish
- salacity
- solicitude
- thirst
- urge
- voracity
- will
- wish
- yearning
- admiration
- ambition
- appetite
- ardor
- aspiration
- attraction
- avidity
- concupiscence
- covetousness
- craving
- craze
- cupidity
- devotion
- doting
- eagerness
- fancy
- fascination
- fervor
- fondness
- frenzy
- greed
- hankering
- hunger
- inclination
- infatuation
- itch
- lasciviousness
- lechery
- libido
- liking
- love
- lust
- mania
- motive
- need
- passion
- predilection
- proclivity
- propensity
- rapaciousness
- rapture
- ravenousness
- relish
- salacity
- solicitude
- thirst
- urge
- voracity
- will
- wish
- yearning
- bag
- being
- bent
- bias
- cast
- character
- complexion
- constitution
- cup of tea
- druthers
- emotions
- flash
- frame of mind
- groove
- habit
- humor
- identity
- inclination
- individualism
- individuality
- leaning
- make-up
- mind-set
- mood
- nature
- penchant
- personality
- predilection
- predisposition
- proclivity
- proneness
- propensity
- readiness
- spirit
- stamp
- temper
- tendency
- tenor
- thing
- tone
- type
- vein
- bag
- being
- bent
- bias
- cast
- character
- complexion
- constitution
- cup of tea
- druthers
- emotions
- flash
- frame of mind
- groove
- habit
- humor
- identity
- inclination
- individualism
- individuality
- leaning
- make-up
- mind-set
- mood
- nature
- penchant
- personality
- predilection
- predisposition
- proclivity
- proneness
- propensity
- readiness
- spirit
- stamp
- temper
- tendency
- tenor
- thing
- tone
- type
- vein
- adroitness
- aptitude
- aptness
- bent
- capability
- capacity
- cleverness
- dexterity
- facility
- flair
- forte
- genius
- gift
- instinct
- intelligence
- knack
- knowing way around
- leaning
- nose
- peculiarity
- penchant
- pistol
- power
- predilection
- proclivity
- propensity
- property
- quality
- readiness
- reason
- right stuff
- sense
- strength
- talent
- turn
- what it takes
- wits
- adroitness
- aptitude
- aptness
- bent
- capability
- capacity
- cleverness
- dexterity
- facility
- flair
- forte
- genius
- gift
- instinct
- intelligence
- knack
- knowing way around
- leaning
- nose
- peculiarity
- penchant
- pistol
- power
- predilection
- proclivity
- propensity
- property
- quality
- readiness
- reason
- right stuff
- sense
- strength
- talent
- turn
- what it takes
- wits
- big eyes
- chimera
- conception
- daydream
- delusion
- envisagement
- envisioning
- eyes for
- fabrication
- fantasy
- figment
- fondness
- hallucination
- hankering
- idea
- illusion
- imagination
- imaginativeness
- inclination
- invention
- itch
- mirage
- nightmare
- notion
- partiality
- penchant
- phantasm
- picture
- pie in the sky
- pipe dream
- predilection
- preference
- relish
- reverie
- romancing
- sweet tooth
- vision
- yearning
- yen
- big eyes
- chimera
- conception
- daydream
- delusion
- envisagement
- envisioning
- eyes for
- fabrication
- fantasy
- figment
- fondness
- hallucination
- hankering
- idea
- illusion
- imagination
- imaginativeness
- inclination
- invention
- itch
- mirage
- nightmare
- notion
- partiality
- penchant
- phantasm
- picture
- pie in the sky
- pipe dream
- predilection
- preference
- relish
- reverie
- romancing
- sweet tooth
- vision
- yearning
- yen
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.