1
as in vaingloriousness
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as in self-opinionatedness
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-partiality
Noun
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That complacency evaporated as of April 2, when Trump unveiled a tariff regime that was much harsher than anyone expected.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2025 -
All season long, he’s been vocal about combating complacency.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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This latest attack on free speech by the Trump administration violates a bedrock principle of this republic, namely that the government cannot display favoritism in regulating expression.—
Bastiaan Vanacker,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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The boss of the BBC’s flagship breakfast news show had his powers beefed up after facing allegations of bullying, favoritism, and shaking a female colleague, Deadline can reveal.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2025
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That has real implications for brand deals and CPM negotiations — but risks creating a new layer of noise and vanity metrics in the creator economy.—
Ian Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Although technology is a ubiquitous part of this production, the piece has practically nothing to say about it, other than acknowledging its mere existence — technology is related to vanity, and a front-facing selfie camera is like a mirror.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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The national community could be knit together without indulging the chauvinism of belligerence.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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American chauvinism and solipsism leads them to believe every country would love to join America.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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The conceit is saved from vainglory by the gravity Cage brings to the performance.—
Isaac Butler,
The New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2023
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That’s the mantra for wide receivers, a group long known for their vainglory.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Sep. 2023
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This would reduce patronage and cronyism, which have plagued our city for decades.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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Wu was asked about Flaherty’s quarter-million dollar payout through a severance agreement, and purported cronyism revealed by Commission records that show the agency’s Executive Director Henry Vitale had two sister-in-laws and a nephew on the payroll last year.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And though nepotism naturally invites questions about the competence of the person with access to a coveted situation simply through blood ties, the questions have changed over the course of the best stretch in Auburn men’s basketball history.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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To get the obvious out of the way, nepotism is, to borrow from Hartmann . . .—
Jon Allsop,
The New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2025
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China has been doubling down on policies to strengthen its self-sufficiency since the first trade war in 2018.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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Few economic philosophies have shaped America’s prosperity as profoundly as Henry Clay’s American System — a blueprint for national strength and self-sufficiency.—
Tim Overton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Self-partiality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-partiality. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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