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Explore Favouritism through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like favoritism or inclination. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Favouritism in a sentence

Favouritism meaning

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

Synonyms of Favouritism

favoritism inclination disposition tendency discrimination social control

Related words

Other words often associated with Favouritism or its synonyms:

attitude disposal leaning list trend feat liking nature way exploit angle tilt

Using Favouritism

  • The main meaning on this page is: The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
  • Useful related words include: favoritism, inclination, disposition, tendency.
  • In the example corpus, favouritism often appears in combinations such as: of favouritism, favouritism and, and favouritism.

Context around Favouritism

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

premiership 1× nepotism 1× parents 1× seeming 1×

Often after:

targeting 1× tag 1×

Sentence patterns with Favouritism

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

accusations of favouritism and simply 1× accused of favouritism and others 1× and no favouritism 1× and seeming favouritism for the 1× bias or favouritism from the 1× colourism and favouritism 1× denials of favouritism and reassurances 1× goals over favouritism 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

adesina was accused 1× after pre warning 1× any signs of 1× as a further 1× but simpson was 1× but the denials 1×

Common sentence endings:

4 1 mark 1× and no favouritism 1× associates and businessmen 1× colourism and favouritism 1× from the police 1× goals over favouritism 1×

Words around Favouritism

Just before it in the word index:

favourites 726 favourited 2 favourite 2.896 favouring 116 favoured 507 favourably 90

Just after it in the word index:

favours 237 favourties 2 favourtism 2 favre 154 favreau 94 favro 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

abominable 46 acolytes 46 acv 46 afolabi 46 agape 46 ainge 46

Corpus analysis for Favouritism

  • In this selection, "favouritism" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, premiership, nepotism, parents, targeting and tag stand out and add context to how "favouritism" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include accusations of favouritism and simply and accused of favouritism and others. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "favouritism" sits close to words such as abominable, acolytes and acv, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with favouritism

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

There's no nepotism here and no favouritism. (8 words)

But Simpson was dismissive of his team‘s favouritism tag. (10 words)

I know they love Hopper & Chilvers but need goals over favouritism. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

In contrast to City Of Troy, who looked a potential superstar last year before his high-profile failure to justify odds-on favouritism in the 2,000 Guineas earlier this month, Los Angeles has made quiet but steady progress into the Derby picture. (43 words)

As a further show of huge confidence in the Whites, Leeds are responsible for the first nine players in the first goalscorer market in which Patrick Bamford and Joel Piroe are vying for favouritism at around the 4-1 mark. (40 words)

But the denials of favouritism and reassurances that safety measures were followed failed to placate critics, with Twitter users slamming the “hypocrisy” of the authorisation while France had imposed measures to control the spread of the virus. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Cyprus also performs poorly in terms of ‘favouritism and corruption hamper business competition’, and ‘the only way to succeed in business is to have political connections’.

Despite the tensions, it was a case of no Cleary, no worries as the Panthers underlined their premiership favouritism with the five-tries-to-one rout.

Rivers people cannot forget we raised the red flag promptly enough over the impunity of nepotism, favouritism and the flawed processes on the employment at the time.

Simon or Amanda could shake off accusations of favouritism and simply choose to hit the golden buzzer to fast-track their children to the finals.

The BJP had accused the Baghel government of favouritism, targeting both Congress associates and businessmen.

After pre-warning her fiancé about her parents' favouritism, he couldn't wait to witness it firsthand when meeting them for the first time.

Any signs of favouritism can create feelings of jealousy or resentment between team members, or simply give the wrong impression.

As a further show of huge confidence in the Whites, Leeds are responsible for the first nine players in the first goalscorer market in which Patrick Bamford and Joel Piroe are vying for favouritism at around the 4-1 mark.

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Despite many viewers raving over the 's dance, Jamie was once again harshly critiqued by the judges - prompting some to accuse the panel of 'favouritism'.

However, their form and seeming favouritism for the left flank is causing a selection headache for the Newcastle boss.

I know they love Hopper & Chilvers but need goals over favouritism.

In contrast to City Of Troy, who looked a potential superstar last year before his high-profile failure to justify odds-on favouritism in the 2,000 Guineas earlier this month, Los Angeles has made quiet but steady progress into the Derby picture.

Make the organisation and the criteria so loose and vague that there’s lots of room for fraud, theft, nepotism and favouritism.

Adesina was accused of favouritism and others issues and had been cleared by the Ethics Committee of the Board of Director and Chairman of the Board of the Governors of the bank.

But Simpson was dismissive of his team‘s favouritism tag.

But the denials of favouritism and reassurances that safety measures were followed failed to placate critics, with Twitter users slamming the “hypocrisy” of the authorisation while France had imposed measures to control the spread of the virus.

It cited ‘current and former’ Facebook employees as saying that Ankhi Das’s intervention is part of a broader pattern of favouritism by the company towards the BJP.

She went further to state that the constant availability of leading roles for her was probably due to colourism and favouritism.

The president said he expects a scrupulous securing of the electoral without bias or favouritism from the police.

There's no nepotism here and no favouritism.

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Common combinations with favouritism

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "favouritism" in a sentence?
An example: "Cyprus also performs poorly in terms of ‘favouritism and corruption hamper business competition’, and ‘the only way to succeed in business is to have political connections’." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "favouritism" from authentic English texts.
What does "favouritism" mean?
Favouritism means: The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
What are synonyms of "favouritism"?
Common synonyms of "favouritism" include: favoritism, inclination, disposition, tendency, discrimination, social control.
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