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   predilection

   /ˌpriːdɪˈlɛkʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favour of something: "my predilection for Asian food"

   Word Origin early 17th century: partly from Italian predilezione, and partly from French prédilection, from pre- pre- + Italian dilezione, French dilection, from late Latin dilection- ‘love, affection’, from Latin diligere ‘to love’.

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