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单词 self-partiality
释义 self-partiˈality Now rare; common c 1725–1865.
[self- 3 a.]
Partiality or favourable disposition towards oneself; excessive regard for one's own interests; self-love.
1628Feltham Resolves ii. xxxix. 119, I know not what selfe-partialitie, makes vs thinke our selues behind-hand, if wee offer not repayment in the same coine wee receiu'd it.1658Osborn Q. Eliz. Ep. A 4 b, Any acquired advantage..self-partiality or others indulgence hath..been able to estate me in.1726Butler Serm. Rolls Chapel x. 189 Hardness of Heart with respect to others, joined with this Self-partiality.1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) IV. 418 Self-partiality draws from each of them such of the facts as promise to operate in favour of his claim.1868Bain Ment. & Mor. Sci. 600 We have our self-partialities, but have learnt the value of equity.
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