Crossword-Solution: PREDILECTION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Predilection | n. | A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality. |
We have 40 clues for the answer “PREDILECTION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| ...and on his farm he had a fondness for something... | 1 answer |
| Strong liking | 4 answers |
| Strong tendency | 5 answers |
| habilitation | 15 answers |
| proneness | 18 answers |
| Infatuation | 26 answers |
| Proclivity | 28 answers |
| Mettle | 31 answers |
| Penchant | 35 answers |
| Propensity | 41 answers |
| Eros | 44 answers |
| Preference | 50 answers |
| free will | 51 answers |
| Fondness | 51 answers |
| Partiality | 53 answers |
| Prejudice | 53 answers |
| Tending | 53 answers |
| complexion | 54 answers |
| inclining | 57 answers |
| Outcome | 58 answers |
| Heredity | 59 answers |
| Tenor | 63 answers |
| Liking | 63 answers |
| trend | 63 answers |
| Favour | 64 answers |
| Patronage | 64 answers |
| preoccupation | 66 answers |
| Slope | 66 answers |
| Bias | 67 answers |
| good sense | 69 answers |
| Drift | 70 answers |
| Tendency | 73 answers |
| Predisposition | 74 answers |
| personality | 75 answers |
| Nature | 78 answers |
| Choice | 79 answers |
| Disposi-tion | 80 answers |
| Mood | 81 answers |
| Inclination | 89 answers |
| Make | 102 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EREAT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PREDILECTION (5)
All the monarchs of the Norman race had shown the most marked predilection for their Norman subjects; the laws of the chase, and many others equally unknown to the milder and more free spirit of the Saxon constitution, had been fixed upon the necks of the subjugated inhabitants, to add weight, as it were, to the feudal chains with which they were loaded.
Nor was this difficult, as she was soon to learn, for it rapidly became evident that beneath the uncouth savagery of the girl was a bed rock of innate refinement—a nicety of taste and predilection that quite equaled that of her instructor.
Who is he to check up on my hiring? "They do, huh." Frank's predilection for hiring only women, preferably young, was well known throughout Belmont.
And just as I was thinking that I had nicely cured you of this morbid predilection for psychopathic institutions! It's very disappointing.
The current running down the Atchafalaya was very swift, the Mississippi showing a predilection in that direction, which needs only to be seen to enforce the opinion of that river's desperate endeavors to find a short way to the Gulf.
Quotes with PREDILECTION (3)
The most perfect and satisfactory knowledge is that of perception but this is limited to the absolutely particular, to the individual. The comprehension of the many and the various into *one* representation is possible only through the *concept*, in other words, by omitting the differences; consequently, the concept is a very imperfect way of representing things. The particular, of course, can also be apprehended immediately as a universal, namely when it is raised to the (Pl…
Bodily and spiritual affliction are the surest sign of Divine predilection. Gratitude for suffering is a precious jewel for our heavenly crown... Man should always firmly believe that God sends just that trial which is most beneficial for him.
I can't blame modern technology for my predilection for distraction, not after all the hours I've spent watching lost balloons disappear into the clouds. I did it before the Internet, and I'll do it after the apocalypse, assuming we still have helium and weak-gripped children.
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Appears in: WSJ.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2017).