#inclination.mental_attitude__disposition__tendency an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"
supertype: mental_attitude__attitude a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"
subtype: direction.inclination a general course along which something has a tendency to develop; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals determined the direction of his career"; "they proposed a new direction for the firm"
subtype: trend__drift a general tendency as of opinion: "not openly liberal but that is the tendency of the book"
subtype: Call a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call"
subtype: devices__device an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase "left to your own devices"; "the children were left to their own devices"
subtype: sympathy.inclination__understanding an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"
subtype: favoritism__favouritism an inclination to favor some person or group
subtype: proclivity__propensity__leaning a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
subtype: bent__set a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious"
subtype: literalism.inclination a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense
subtype: predisposition.inclination an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way
subtype: predilection__preference__orientation a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation"
subtype: favor.inclination__favour an inclination to approve; "that style is in favor this season"
subtype: disfavour__disfavor__dislike__disapproval an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
subtype: doghouse an idiomatic term for being in disfavor; "in the doghouse"
subtype: reprobation severe disapproval
subtype: partiality__partisanship an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
subtype: anthropocentrism__anthropocentricity an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values
subtype: ethnocentrism belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group
subtype: Eurocentrism belief in the preeminence of Europe and the Europeans
subtype: prejudice__bias__preconception a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
subtype: tabu__taboo a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
subtype: irrational_hostility extreme prejudice
subtype: experimenter_bias (psychology) bias introduced by an experimenter whose expectations about the outcome of the experiment can be subtly communicated to the participants in the experiment
subtype: homophobia prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality
subtype: racism the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races
subtype: anti-Semitism the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people
subtype: white_supremacy__whitesupremacy the prejudice that members of the white race are superior to members of other races
subtype: tendentiousness__tendentiousnes an intentional and controversial bias
subtype: tilt a slight but noticeable partiality; "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings"
subtype: sectionalism__provincialism__localism a partiality for some particular place
subtype: inequity__unfairness partiality that is not fair or equitable
subtype: impartiality__nonpartisanship an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally
subtype: disinterestedness__disinterestednes freedom from bias or selfish motives
subtype: fair-mindedness__fairness__candor__candour ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
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