Definition for Predilection:

• A choosing beforehand: favorable prepossession of mind: partiality.

Synonyms for Predilection:

• n.

  •
  • bond,
  • attachment,
  • love affair.
  •
  • cast,
  • turn,
  • approach,
  • like,
  • squint.
  •affection (noun)
  • warmth,
  • Amore.
  •attitude (noun)
  • Philosophies,
  • headset,
  • where one is at,
  • head-set,
  • say so,
  • like it is,
  • stance,
  • headsets,
  • mindtrip,
  • notion.
  •bent (noun)
  • proneness,
  • weakness for,
  • facility,
  • forte,
  • flair,
  • thing for,
  • druthers.
  •bias (noun)
  • pre conception,
  • mind trips,
  • pre-conceptions,
  • narrowmindednesses,
  • un fairnesses,
  • un-fairnesses,
  • pre-conception,
  • in-tolerances,
  • in tolerance,
  • un fairness,
  • un-fairness,
  • in-tolerance,
  • pre conceptions,
  • in tolerances.
  •cognition (noun)
  • orientation,
  • predilection.
  •desire (noun)
  • salacity,
  • salacities,
  • lustfulness,
  • pruriency,
  • prurience,
  • libidinousness,
  • doting.
  •disposition (noun)
  • dis positions,
  • dis position,
  • make ups,
  • dis-position,
  • cup tea,
  • dis-positions.
  •faculty (noun)
  • what takes,
  • what take,
  • knowing way arounds,
  • what it take.
  •fancy (noun)
  • envisionings,
  • envisagements,
  • eyes fors,
  • pie the sky,
  • pie in sky,
  • romancings,
  • big eye,
  • pie sky.
  •partiality (noun)
  • study at prejudice.
  •persuasion (noun)
  • school of thought.
  •predisposition (noun)
  • pre-dispositions,
  • pre-disposition,
  • pre disposition,
  • pre dispositions.
  •proclivity (noun)
  • liablenesses.
  •relish (noun)
  • enjoyings,
  • sapidities.
  •sentiment (noun)
  • over-emotionalisms,
  • emotionalisms,
  • softheartednesses,
  • hearts flowers,
  • hearts and flowerses,
  • over emotionalisms,
  • way thinking,
  • romanticisms,
  • over emotionalism,
  • tender feelings,
  • overemotionalisms,
  • hearts flowerses.
  •slant (noun)
  • out-looks,
  • out-look,
  • out look,
  • out looks.
  •tendency (noun)
  • course,
  • aptness,
  • direction,
  • temperament,
  • grain,
  • trend,
  • affinity,
  • polarity.
  •weakness (noun)
  • powerlessness,
  • faintness,
  • sore point,
  • weak point,
  • chink in armor,
  • invalidities,
  • invalidity,
  • vitiation,
  • inconstancies,
  • inconstancy.
  •weak point (noun)
  • weak-point.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • love.
  •bias
  • prejudice.

Paraphrases for Predilection:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    preference.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    choice.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    fondness, favourite.

Antonyms for Predilection:

• n.

  • inclination, preference toward something
    disinterest, disinclination, dislike, hatred, fairness, impartiality, antipathy, hate.
  • Other antonyms:
    verity, actuality, reality, certainty, apathy, insouciance, unconcern, objectivity, indifference, truth, nonchalance, fact.

Predilection Sentence Examples:

• That is mere vanity, the usual predilection of the artist for his own work.

• My predilection for exploring the holes and corners of the native town is not shared by many of the Anglo - Indian residents of Bombay, who prefer driving to the Esplanade, to hear the band play, or to a place on the sea - shore called the Breach.

Hyponym for Predilection:

• n.

  • cognition
    predisposition.