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In response to a real winner! Intellectualism at its finest! posted by pink101:predilection
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Main Entry: predilection
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: inclination
Synonyms: bag, bent*, bias, dish*, druthers*, fancy, flash, fondness, groove, inclining, leaning, liking, love, mind-set, partiality, penchant, predisposition, preference, proclivity, proneness, propensity, taste*, tendency, thing*, turned onto, type, weakness
Notes: a propensity is a tendency while a predilection is a partiality - thus, a propensity (from Latin meaning 'hanging toward') is a behavioral predisposition whereas a predilection is a personal characteristic (from Latin meaning 'choose or love before others')
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