(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:37:06

Fa"vor*it*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. favoritisme.]

The disposition to favor and promote the interest of one person or family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others having equal claims; partiality.

A spirit of favoritism to the Bank of the United States. A. Hamilton.

 

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