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# favouritism

noun (favouritism, US favoritism, uncountable)

«favouritism» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Favouritism is unfairly treating one person or group better than others, for example a teacher always choosing the same pupil or a parent giving one child more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favouritism/#m1)

### In the lessons

In ethics lessons and family stories favouritism causes jealousy, as in the Bible story of Joseph, whose father gave him a special coat. In school and sport, fair adults try not to show favouritism. Phrases: «show favouritism», «accuse someone of favouritism», «no favouritism».

### Examples

- The coach was accused of favouritism. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favouritism/#x1)
- Jacob's favouritism towards Joseph made his brothers jealous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favouritism/#x2)
- A good teacher avoids favouritism. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favouritism/#x3)
- Mum says there is no favouritism in our house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favouritism/#x4)
- Favouritism can make people feel left out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favouritism/#x5)
- The other workers complained about favouritism. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favouritism/#x6)
- Picking teams by drawing names stops favouritism. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favouritism/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable. British, Irish, Canadian and Australian spelling «favouritism»; American «favoritism». Related: favourite, favour. Liking someone is fine; favouritism is treating them unfairly better.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «favouritism» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/favouritism/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«favouritism» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/favouritism.html) on Mova free.