Predilection

Noun

 * 1) Condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.
 * 2) * 1987, Edwin M. Yoder Jr., "Lewis Powell a Fine Sense of Balance," Washington Post, 29 Jun.,
 * But for him the first rule of judging was to set aside personal predilection and vote the law and the facts.
 * 1) * 2000, Terry McCarthy, "Lost Generation," Time Asia, 23 Oct.,
 * ... youth’s predilection for revolt.
 * 1) * 2001, Marina Cantacuzino, "On deadly ground," The Guardian, 13 Mar.,
 * Wilson doesn’t see any inconsistency between his socialism and his predilection for the high life.

Adjectives for Predilection
perverse;  striking;   traditional;   broad-headed; ancient; well-understood.

Thesaurus
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

Alternative forms

 * prædilection

Etymology
From prédilection:.

Translations

 * Croatian: predilekcija
 * Dutch:, , voorliefde
 * Finnish:
 * Hindi: hi


 * Russian: (sklónnost’),  (predraspolóžennost’)
 * Spanish: predilección