| Main Entry: | partisanship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bias |
Synonyms: |
bent*, bigotry, chauvinism, disposition, favoritism, flash*, head-set, illiberality, inclination, intolerance, leaning, mind trip, mind-set, narrowmindedness, one-sidedness, partiality, penchant, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, spin, standpoint, tendency, tendentiousness, tilt, turn, unfairness, viewpoint |
| Main Entry: | cooperation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mutual effort |
Synonyms: |
aid, alliance, assistance, cahoots, coaction, coadjuvancy, coalition, collaboration, combination, combined effort, communion, company, concert, concurrence, confederacy, confederation, confunction, conspiracy, doing business with, esprit de corps, federation, fusion, give-and-take, harmony, help, helpfulness, logrolling, participation, partisanship, partnership, playing ball, reciprocity, responsiveness, service, society, symbiosis, synergism, synergy, teaming, teamwork, unanimity, union, unity |
| Notes: | cooperation is always positive, collaboration is positive except in wartime (working with the enemy), and collusion is always negative (working together in secret for a dishonest purpose) |
Antonyms: |
blockage, delay, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, obstruction, prevention, stoppage |
| Main Entry: | fanaticism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overenthusiasm |
Synonyms: |
abandonment, arbitrariness, bias, bigotry, contumacy, dedication, devotion, dogma, enthusiasm, extremism, faction, frenzy, hatred, illiberality, immoderation, incorrigibility, infatuation, injustice, intolerance, madness, monomania, obsessiveness, obstinacy, partiality, partisanship, passion, prejudice, rage, single-mindedness, stubbornness, superstition, tenacity, transport, unfairness, unreasonableness, unruliness, violence, willfulness, zeal, zealotry |
Antonyms: |
disinterest, impartiality, unenthusiasm |
| Main Entry: | favoritism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bias, partiality |
Synonyms: |
discrimination, inclination, inequity, nepotism, one-sidedness, partisanship, preference, preferential treatment, unfairness |
Antonyms: |
fairness, impartiality, justice |
| Main Entry: | inequality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prejudice; lack of balance |
Synonyms: |
asperity, bias, contrast, difference, discrimination, disparity, disproportion, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, diversity, imparity, incommensurateness, injustice, irregularity, one-sidedness, partisanship, preferentiality, roughness, unequivalence, unevenness, unfairness, unjustness, variation |
Antonyms: |
balance, equality, evenness, similarity |
| Main Entry: | injustice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unfair treatment; bias |
Synonyms: |
abuse, breach, crime, crying shame, damage, dirty deal, discrimination, encroachment, favoritism, grievance, inequality, inequity, infraction, infringement, iniquity, malfeasance, malpractice, maltreatment, miscarriage, mischief, negligence, offense, onesidedness, oppression, outrage, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, railroad, ruin, sellout, transgression, trespass, unfairness, unjustness, unlawfulness, villainy, violation, wrong, wrongdoing |
Antonyms: |
equality, equity, ethics, fairness, impartiality, justice, lawfulness, morality |
| Main Entry: | nepotism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | favoritism |
Synonyms: |
bias, discrimination, inequity, one-sidedness, partiality, partisanship, preference, preferential treatment |
| Main Entry: | partiality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | favoritism, fondness |
Synonyms: |
affinity, bias, cup of tea, dish, druthers, flash, inclination, inclining, leaning, liking, love, partisanship, penchant, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, proclivity, propensity, taste, tendency, thing*, type, weakness |
Antonyms: |
disinterest, fairness, impartiality, justice |
| Main Entry: | teamwork |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collaboration, cooperation |
Synonyms: |
alliance, assistance, coalition, combined effort, confederacy, confederation, doing business with, esprit de corps, federation, harmony, help, joint effort, partisanship, partnership, pulling together, symbiosis, synergism, synergy, team effort, teaming, union, unity, working together |
| Main Entry: | one-sidedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bias |
Synonyms: |
bent*, bigotry, chauvinism, disposition, favoritism, flash*, head-set, illiberality, inclination, intolerance, leaning, mind trip, mind-set, narrowmindedness, partiality, partisanship, penchant, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, spin, standpoint, tendency, tendentiousness, tilt, turn, unfairness, viewpoint |