"partiality" in the noun sense
1. fondness, fancy, partiality
a predisposition to like something
"he had a fondness for whiskey"
"she had dismissed him quite brutally, relegating him to the status of a passing fancy, or less"
2. partiality, partisanship
an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
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