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predilection

P R EH2 D AH0 L EH1 K SH AH0 N  :  /ˌpɹɛdəˈlɛkʃn/

a predisposition in favor of something
[Source: WordNet]

Lines like this illustrate Moore’s predilection for the zinger, the heavily ironised pun. A frequent criticism of her work is that she is sometimes too fond of her own jokes, and becomes too clever-clever. Link

from the accounts I've seen, he was removed from the active ministry when his predilections were discovered, and transferred to administration. Link

The Tenth Circuit’s opinion is one of the latest in a long line of “‘religious display’” decisions that, because of this Court’s nebulous Establishment Clause analyses, turn onlittle more than “judicial predilections.”  Link

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