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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
a thing for, affinity, animus, aptitude, aptness, bag, bent, bias, cast, character, chosen kind, conatus, conduciveness, constitution, cup of tea, delight, diathesis, disposition, druthers, eagerness, eccentricity, fancy, fascination, favor, favoritism, feeling for, forejudgment, grain, idiosyncrasy, inclination, inclining, individualism, jaundice, jaundiced eye, kidney, leaning, liability, liking, make, makeup, mental set, mettle, mind, mind-set, mold, mutual affinity, mutual attraction, nature, one-sidedness, parti pris, partialism, partiality, particular choice, partisanship, penchant, personal choice, preapprehension, preconception, preconclusion, preconsideration, predecision, predetermination, predisposition, preference, prejudgment, prejudication, prejudice, premature judgment, prenotion, prepossession, presumption, presupposal, presupposition, presurmise, probability, proclivity, proneness, propensity, readiness, sensitivity to, set, slant, soft spot, stamp, strain, streak, stripe, style, susceptibility, sympathy, taste, temper, temperament, tendency, thing, tropism, turn, turn of mind, twist, type, undetachment, undispassionateness, warp, weakness, willingness
Dictionary Results for predilection:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
predilection
    n 1: a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for
         expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a
         Marxist orientation" [syn: predilection, preference,
         orientation]
    2: a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature";
       "the Irish have a penchant for blarney" [syn: preference,
       penchant, predilection, taste]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Predilection \Pre`di*lec"tion\, n. [Pref. pre- + L. dilectus, p.
   p. diligere to prefer: cf. F. pr['e]dilection. See
   Diligent.]
   A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of
   something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality.
   --Burke.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
PREDILECTION, n.  The preparatory stage of disillusion.


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