partialityn.

Brit.

/ˌpɑːʃɪˈalᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌpɑrʃiˈælədi/

Forms:

α. late Middle English parcialte, late Middle English parcialtee, late Middle English partialte, late Middle English–1500s parcyalte.

β. late Middle English parcialite, late Middle English parciallite, late Middle English parcyallyte, late Middle English–1500s percialite, 1500s parcialitie, 1500s parciality, 1500s parciallitie, 1500s parciallytie, 1500s parcialyte, 1500s parcyalite, 1500s parcyalitie, 1500s parcyalitye, 1500s parsealyte, 1500s partialite, 1500s partiallytie, 1500s partialytie, 1500s partyallytie, 1500s percialitee, 1500s–1600s partialitie, 1500s–1600s partiallitie, 1500s– partiality, 1600s parshallity; Scottish pre-1700 parcialite, pre-1700 parcialitie, pre-1700 partialatie, pre-1700 partialite, pre-1700 partialitie, pre-1700 partialitty, pre-1700 partialyte, pre-1700 percialite, pre-1700 percialytie, pre-1700 persealytie, pre-1700 pertialite, pre-1700 1700s– partiality.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French parcialité; Latin partialitas.

Etymology: < Middle French parcialité, partialité (also parciaulté (c1500); French partialité ) bias (first half of the 15th cent., 1611 in Cotgrave), faction (second half of the 15th cent.) and its etymon post-classical Latin partialitas party spirit, factiousness (13th cent.), condition of being a part (early 14th cent. in a British source), faction, party (1311) < partialis partial adj. + classical Latin -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Old Occitan partialitat , Catalan parcialitat (1344), Spanish parcialidad (1383), Italian parzialità (a1406), Portuguese parcialidad (1516). Compare partialness n.With sense 3 perhaps compare Spanish parcialidad tribe, clan (16th cent., with reference to the Americas), glossed by Du Cange as ‘Patria, regio’ (‘country, region’), with a quot. of 1585: nomina, cognomina, parentes,..et regionem, vulgo Parcialidad, et oppidum.

I. The quality or character of being partial or biased.

a. Unfair or undue favouring of one party or side in a debate, dispute, etc.; bias, prejudice; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun] > partiality

acceptionc1384

favour1393

accepting of persons (also faces)1395

acceptation of personsc1400

partiality1421

acceptance of persons1531

affecta1547

affection1547

partialness1561

prosopolepsy1646

favouritism1763

one-sidedness1830

biasness1872

α.

1421 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 301 (MED) We haue no cause in tyme comynge to be displesed wiþ hym for any parcyalte þat he shal vse.

1422 Rolls of Parl. IV. 176/1 All maner Wardes..and other casueltees that longeth to the Coroune, whan thei falle, be leeten, sold, and disposed by the said Lordis..indifferently atte the derrest, with oute favour or eny maner parcialtee or fraude.

1461 Rolls of Parl. V. 464/1 Abusion of the Lawes, partialte, riotte..rape, and viciouse lyvyng have been the gyders and leders.

?a1500 in W. Hudson Rec. City of Norwich (1906) I. 122 Ȝe schall in the office of Comown Clerk..wyth owtyn parcialte ȝow be haue and gouerne.

β. 1455 in A. Clark Lincoln Diocese Documents (1914) 78 (MED) I charge the said lord lovell and Chaunceler that thei..put aparte all maner of affectuouse percialite, favour, seruice, or reward.a1500 (?c1440) J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep (Lansd.) 610 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 564 (MED) What folwith aftir..Vn-iust promocioun & parcialite.1556 Surv. Calais in Archaeologia (1893) 53 App. ii. 374 Empanell a queste w^toute partialitie or maintenance.1589 in Acts Privy Council (1898) XVII. 112 Without partyallytie, indyrect dealinge or prejudice to anie partie.1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie Pref. 4 Let not the faith which ye haue in our Lord Iesus Christ, be blemished with partialities.1609 S. Grahame Anat. Humors f. 4 Then is he censured to be a man of partialitie and a busie-headed body.1648 F. Nethersole Problems i. 5 Whether Neutrality or Partialitie be more agreeable to the duty of good subjects, in such a Warre.1702 Eng. Theophrastus 23 Judges in their own case, being suspected of Partiality, are therefore ceptionable.1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber xiv. 260 We had our partialities; our prejudices; our favourites of less merit.1784 E. Allen Reason i. §5. 50 No king, governor or parent would like to be accused of partiality in their respective governments.1821 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Writings (1984) 78 The cruelty of the criminal code generally, the atrocities of the Rack, the venality of judges, and their partialities to the rich.1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxii. 748 If he is guilty of partiality, he may be called to account by the great inquest of the nation.1878 R. W. Dale Lect. Preaching (ed. 3) viii. 249 Rebekah's treatment of Jacob may bring home to parents the sin of partiality.1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes ii. 20 The men had by this time surrounded the dead and wounded officers, and without either partiality or compassion proceeded to throw both living and dead over the sides of the vessel.1978 Broadcast 23 Jan. 17/1 Reith..had no..qualms about the partiality of the BBC's coverage of the Strike.1988 A. France Consuming Psychotherapy 7 My intention is to give a personal view, with all the partiality that that implies.2002 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 26 May 16 Scipio demonstrates the partiality and partialness of all fictions, be they philosophical, historical or political.

b. Preference for or favourable disposition towards a particular person or thing; fondness, predilection; particular affection; an instance of this. With for, to, toward(s).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [noun] > particular liking or partiality

partiality?a1439

respect1528

respecting1574

like1612

peculiarity1687

feeling1750

softness1873

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > to all > to specific person or thing

partiality?a1439

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. 2626 (MED) The especial mene, the parcialite Sholde of al merci be descripsioun Rebounde to women.

1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) iii. 120 b If he shall euer vnderstand this your partialitie, I doubt me..that he will beshrew me for it.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan xxx. 332 The consequences of this partiality towards the great, proceed in this manner.

1669 R. Montague in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 425 I have no partiality in the world towards him.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. vii. 123 I have always born that laudable Partiality to my own Country,..[and] I would hide the Frailties and Deformities of my Political Mother.

1759 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1812) V. xlii. 330 Another favourite who at this time received some marks of her partiality.

1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility I. x. 114 Colonel Brandon's partiality for Marianne, which had so early been discovered by his friends, now first became perceptible to Elinor, when it ceased to be noticed by them.

1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger ii. iv. 66 Miss Storey had always more partiality for our people.

1871 W. H. Ainsworth Tower Hill ii. x Henry's partiality for St. John's Chapel had prevented it from being desecrated by the Vicar-General.

a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. iii. 33 Mrs. Warham had latterly grown jealous..of her husband's partiality for Susan.

1959 Dict. National Biogr. 1941–50 at David Lloyd-George His hostility to France and partiality to Germany became increasingly marked.

1984 N. Annan Leslie Stephen (1986) i. 33 He developed a partiality for dried figs and carried a box of them about with him.

2003 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 9 Mar. 51 The one thing working against Brody is the Academy's historical partiality toward flamboyant performances.

†2.

a. Rivalry; factiousness; internal dissension. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > [noun] > partisanship or factionalism

partiality1520

partaking1533

factiona1538

factiousness1572

siding1600

side-taking1626

parting1652

partying1681

party spirit1705

party1726

party feeling1796

partyism1831

partisanship1834

factionism1848

partisanism1850

factionalism1855

partisanry1889

1520 Chron. Eng. iii. f. 25^v/1 Hircanus after the decesse of his moder succeded in the kyngdom, in the which he had lytel prosperyte for parcyalte of the people.

1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iv. 38 There was greate partialitie betweene the Citie of Groenyng, and the Countrey men, by reason of certain Rightes and Priuiledges.

1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) iv. v. 88 His State being turbulent, Factious, and full of partialitie.

1707 Duke of Marlborough Let. 6 June in H. L. Snyder Marlborough–Godolphin Corr. (1975) II. 797 You will find that 89 will be on his side, for partiality will show itself when party is concerned.

1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 427 What domestic confusion, jealousy, partiality, revenge, heart-burnings, must tear those cities.

1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing iv. i. 223 A cause so circumstanced as to awake..the passions and partialities congenial to their respective stations.

b. A faction or party. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [noun]

partc1385

livery1477

faction1509

partialitya1533

side1566

party1682

set1748

democracy1803

machine party1858

column1906

MNLF1975

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. B.ij There is greatte nombre of parcialities, Cinitiens, Catoniens, Peripaticiens, Academiens, and Epicuriens.

1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 165 Mutezuma hath environed them about, because they were of the parciality of Tlaxcallan.

1600 R. Cecil Let. 29 Aug. in Lett. Cecil to Carew (1864) 22 How easye a way it would be founde to dissolve the government when private parshallityes shall open a gapp for practises.

1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood vii. xv. 287 The Inhabitants..were in former times past deuided into two Leagues and partialities.

†3. A political division; a province. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun]

purprisea1275

member?a1425

precinct1447

lordshipa1450

captainate1593

region1593

partiality1601

division1640

peopledom1657

convent1658

district1667

mastership1707

superintendency1798

area1849

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Travellers Breviat (1603) 198 They [sc. the islands of Japan] are in number 66, diuided into three partialities [It. membri principali].

II. The quality of being a part of something.

4. The quality of being partial as opposed to whole or universal; relation to a part and not to the whole of something; partialness. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [noun]

halfness1530

incompleteness1644

partialness1701

partiality1822

fragmentariness1836

partness1925

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 58 Without any attention to the universality or partiality of the disease.

1990 R. Barnett Idea of Higher Educ. (BNC) 98 Many of the divisions between disciplines..have a logical basis. That, though, should not stop us losing sight of the partiality of single disciplines.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	partiality
释义	partialityn. Brit. /ˌpɑːʃɪˈalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌpɑrʃiˈælədi/ Forms: α. late Middle English parcialte, late Middle English parcialtee, late Middle English partialte, late Middle English–1500s parcyalte. β. late Middle English parcialite, late Middle English parciallite, late Middle English parcyallyte, late Middle English–1500s percialite, 1500s parcialitie, 1500s parciality, 1500s parciallitie, 1500s parciallytie, 1500s parcialyte, 1500s parcyalite, 1500s parcyalitie, 1500s parcyalitye, 1500s parsealyte, 1500s partialite, 1500s partiallytie, 1500s partialytie, 1500s partyallytie, 1500s percialitee, 1500s–1600s partialitie, 1500s–1600s partiallitie, 1500s– partiality, 1600s parshallity; Scottish pre-1700 parcialite, pre-1700 parcialitie, pre-1700 partialatie, pre-1700 partialite, pre-1700 partialitie, pre-1700 partialitty, pre-1700 partialyte, pre-1700 percialite, pre-1700 percialytie, pre-1700 persealytie, pre-1700 pertialite, pre-1700 1700s– partiality. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French parcialité; Latin partialitas. Etymology: < Middle French parcialité, partialité (also parciaulté (c1500); French partialité ) bias (first half of the 15th cent., 1611 in Cotgrave), faction (second half of the 15th cent.) and its etymon post-classical Latin partialitas party spirit, factiousness (13th cent.), condition of being a part (early 14th cent. in a British source), faction, party (1311) < partialis partial adj. + classical Latin -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Old Occitan partialitat , Catalan parcialitat (1344), Spanish parcialidad (1383), Italian parzialità (a1406), Portuguese parcialidad (1516). Compare partialness n.With sense 3 perhaps compare Spanish parcialidad tribe, clan (16th cent., with reference to the Americas), glossed by Du Cange as ‘Patria, regio’ (‘country, region’), with a quot. of 1585: nomina, cognomina, parentes,..et regionem, vulgo Parcialidad, et oppidum. I. The quality or character of being partial or biased. 1. a. Unfair or undue favouring of one party or side in a debate, dispute, etc.; bias, prejudice; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun] > partiality acceptionc1384 favour1393 accepting of persons (also faces)1395 acceptation of personsc1400 partiality1421 acceptance of persons1531 affecta1547 affection1547 partialness1561 prosopolepsy1646 favouritism1763 one-sidedness1830 biasness1872 α. 1421 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 301 (MED) We haue no cause in tyme comynge to be displesed wiþ hym for any parcyalte þat he shal vse. 1422 Rolls of Parl. IV. 176/1 All maner Wardes..and other casueltees that longeth to the Coroune, whan thei falle, be leeten, sold, and disposed by the said Lordis..indifferently atte the derrest, with oute favour or eny maner parcialtee or fraude. 1461 Rolls of Parl. V. 464/1 Abusion of the Lawes, partialte, riotte..rape, and viciouse lyvyng have been the gyders and leders. ?a1500 in W. Hudson Rec. City of Norwich (1906) I. 122 Ȝe schall in the office of Comown Clerk..wyth owtyn parcialte ȝow be haue and gouerne. β. 1455 in A. Clark Lincoln Diocese Documents (1914) 78 (MED) I charge the said lord lovell and Chaunceler that thei..put aparte all maner of affectuouse percialite, favour, seruice, or reward.a1500 (?c1440) J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep (Lansd.) 610 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 564 (MED) What folwith aftir..Vn-iust promocioun & parcialite.1556 Surv. Calais in Archaeologia (1893) 53 App. ii. 374 Empanell a queste w^toute partialitie or maintenance.1589 in Acts Privy Council (1898) XVII. 112 Without partyallytie, indyrect dealinge or prejudice to anie partie.1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie Pref. 4 Let not the faith which ye haue in our Lord Iesus Christ, be blemished with partialities.1609 S. Grahame Anat. Humors f. 4 Then is he censured to be a man of partialitie and a busie-headed body.1648 F. Nethersole Problems i. 5 Whether Neutrality or Partialitie be more agreeable to the duty of good subjects, in such a Warre.1702 Eng. Theophrastus 23 Judges in their own case, being suspected of Partiality, are therefore ceptionable.1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber xiv. 260 We had our partialities; our prejudices; our favourites of less merit.1784 E. Allen Reason i. §5. 50 No king, governor or parent would like to be accused of partiality in their respective governments.1821 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Writings (1984) 78 The cruelty of the criminal code generally, the atrocities of the Rack, the venality of judges, and their partialities to the rich.1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxii. 748 If he is guilty of partiality, he may be called to account by the great inquest of the nation.1878 R. W. Dale Lect. Preaching (ed. 3) viii. 249 Rebekah's treatment of Jacob may bring home to parents the sin of partiality.1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes ii. 20 The men had by this time surrounded the dead and wounded officers, and without either partiality or compassion proceeded to throw both living and dead over the sides of the vessel.1978 Broadcast 23 Jan. 17/1 Reith..had no..qualms about the partiality of the BBC's coverage of the Strike.1988 A. France Consuming Psychotherapy 7 My intention is to give a personal view, with all the partiality that that implies.2002 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 26 May 16 Scipio demonstrates the partiality and partialness of all fictions, be they philosophical, historical or political. b. Preference for or favourable disposition towards a particular person or thing; fondness, predilection; particular affection; an instance of this. With for, to, toward(s). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [noun] > particular liking or partiality partiality?a1439 respect1528 respecting1574 like1612 peculiarity1687 feeling1750 softness1873 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > to all > to specific person or thing partiality?a1439 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. 2626 (MED) The especial mene, the parcialite Sholde of al merci be descripsioun Rebounde to women. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) iii. 120 b If he shall euer vnderstand this your partialitie, I doubt me..that he will beshrew me for it. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan xxx. 332 The consequences of this partiality towards the great, proceed in this manner. 1669 R. Montague in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 425 I have no partiality in the world towards him. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. vii. 123 I have always born that laudable Partiality to my own Country,..[and] I would hide the Frailties and Deformities of my Political Mother. 1759 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1812) V. xlii. 330 Another favourite who at this time received some marks of her partiality. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility I. x. 114 Colonel Brandon's partiality for Marianne, which had so early been discovered by his friends, now first became perceptible to Elinor, when it ceased to be noticed by them. View more context for this quotation 1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger ii. iv. 66 Miss Storey had always more partiality for our people. 1871 W. H. Ainsworth Tower Hill ii. x Henry's partiality for St. John's Chapel had prevented it from being desecrated by the Vicar-General. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. iii. 33 Mrs. Warham had latterly grown jealous..of her husband's partiality for Susan. 1959 Dict. National Biogr. 1941–50 at David Lloyd-George His hostility to France and partiality to Germany became increasingly marked. 1984 N. Annan Leslie Stephen (1986) i. 33 He developed a partiality for dried figs and carried a box of them about with him. 2003 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 9 Mar. 51 The one thing working against Brody is the Academy's historical partiality toward flamboyant performances. †2. a. Rivalry; factiousness; internal dissension. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > [noun] > partisanship or factionalism partiality1520 partaking1533 factiona1538 factiousness1572 siding1600 side-taking1626 parting1652 partying1681 party spirit1705 party1726 party feeling1796 partyism1831 partisanship1834 factionism1848 partisanism1850 factionalism1855 partisanry1889 1520 Chron. Eng. iii. f. 25^v/1 Hircanus after the decesse of his moder succeded in the kyngdom, in the which he had lytel prosperyte for parcyalte of the people. 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iv. 38 There was greate partialitie betweene the Citie of Groenyng, and the Countrey men, by reason of certain Rightes and Priuiledges. 1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) iv. v. 88 His State being turbulent, Factious, and full of partialitie. 1707 Duke of Marlborough Let. 6 June in H. L. Snyder Marlborough–Godolphin Corr. (1975) II. 797 You will find that 89 will be on his side, for partiality will show itself when party is concerned. 1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 427 What domestic confusion, jealousy, partiality, revenge, heart-burnings, must tear those cities. 1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing iv. i. 223 A cause so circumstanced as to awake..the passions and partialities congenial to their respective stations. b. A faction or party. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [noun] partc1385 livery1477 faction1509 partialitya1533 side1566 party1682 set1748 democracy1803 machine party1858 column1906 MNLF1975 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. B.ij There is greatte nombre of parcialities, Cinitiens, Catoniens, Peripaticiens, Academiens, and Epicuriens. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 165 Mutezuma hath environed them about, because they were of the parciality of Tlaxcallan. 1600 R. Cecil Let. 29 Aug. in Lett. Cecil to Carew (1864) 22 How easye a way it would be founde to dissolve the government when private parshallityes shall open a gapp for practises. 1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood vii. xv. 287 The Inhabitants..were in former times past deuided into two Leagues and partialities. †3. A political division; a province. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] purprisea1275 member?a1425 precinct1447 lordshipa1450 captainate1593 region1593 partiality1601 division1640 peopledom1657 convent1658 district1667 mastership1707 superintendency1798 area1849 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Travellers Breviat (1603) 198 They [sc. the islands of Japan] are in number 66, diuided into three partialities [It. membri principali]. II. The quality of being a part of something. 4. The quality of being partial as opposed to whole or universal; relation to a part and not to the whole of something; partialness. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [noun] halfness1530 incompleteness1644 partialness1701 partiality1822 fragmentariness1836 partness1925 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 58 Without any attention to the universality or partiality of the disease. 1990 R. Barnett Idea of Higher Educ. (BNC) 98 Many of the divisions between disciplines..have a logical basis. That, though, should not stop us losing sight of the partiality of single disciplines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1421
随便看	without exception without excuse without fable without fage without fail without faintise without fame without fault without fear or favour without fee or reward without feign without feigning without fere without fighting a stroke without further ado without further delay without gab without gainsaying without grief without grith without guess without guessing without guile without guilt without hight