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What does predilection mean?

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Noun
  1. Condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.
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Our western predilection of talking in terms of binary oppositions finds an array of contrasts to play with in Wuthering Heights.
A predilection for forms over human figures characterises her work in installation art.
Like most dandies, his predilection for high-style fashion and cosmetic beauty betrays a likeness to his female counterparts.
Unlike desired hyaline cartilage, repair fibrocartilage has diminished resilience and a predilection for deterioration over time.
He showed, likewise, a predilection for other metrical diversions, especially the acrostic and telestich.
Even Americans, with their predilection for absurd forenames, would stop short of dubbing a child De Sade.

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