predilection
noun

- a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favour of something

- an established preference for something

The Oxford Dictionary / Merriam-Webster

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WORD ORIGIN

“Predilection” entered the English language via the French prédilection, but ultimately stems from the Latin prediligere (prae = before + diligere = choose, love). Simply put, it’s a preference or liking for something.

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WEIRD ATTRACTIONS

Imelda Marcos
former first lady of the Philippines, had a predilection for shoes. Her collection of around 1,200 pairs of designer shoes, eventually became an international symbol of the couple’s lavish spending habits and lifestyle.

Dr. Manfred Rothstein
a dermatologist by profession, is a connoisseur of backscratchers. He owns 675 backscratchers from 71 different countries.

Val Kolpakov
an American dentist has collected over 2,000 tubes of toothpaste from all over the world.

Charlotte Lee
owns more than 2,100 plastic ducks, a little bath toy that first became popular in the 1970s.

Eduardo Flores
has a collection of over 15,000 “Do Not Disturb” signs from the 1940s to the present day.

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SYNONYMS

- a condition of favouring or liking:

addiction, affection, affinity, ardour, attraction, craving, craze, crush, desire, fascination, fervour, fire in belly, fixation, fondness, hankering, idée fixe, inclination, liking, obsession, partiality, penchant, PREDILECTION (for), predisposition, preference, proclivity, soft spot (for), weakness for, what floats one’s boat, yearning, yen

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“If you have a PREDILECTION for spicy food, check out the eight Michelin-starred Indian restaurants around the world."

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