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Definition and meaning of prédilection

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prédilection (n.f.)

1.goût prononcé "j'ai une prédilection pour la propre préférence " "les Irlandais ont un goût prononcé pour le blarney"

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definition of prédilection (Littré)

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Le Littré (1880)

PRÉDILECTION (s. f.)[pré-di-lè-ksion ; en vers, de cinq syllabes]

1. Préférence d'affection.

Je les prie de me pardonner une prédilection trop marquée pour Quintilien, qui est mon auteur favori, et qui fait le sujet de mes leçons au Collége royal depuis plus de quarante ans (ROLLIN Hist. anc. Oeuv. t. X, 2e part. p. 753, dans POUGENS.)

Le nouveau colonel [du régiment du roi] y fit une dépense digne de sa reconnaissance et de la prédilection du roi (FONTEN. Dangeau.)

L'art de concilier les prédilections avec les bienséances est le secret des âmes délicates (MARMONTEL Contes mor. Laur.)

2. Terme de théologie. Se dit d'un amour de préférence en Dieu.

Pour qui il [Dieu] n'a pas eu la même prédilection que pour nous (BOURDAL. Ouverture du jubilé, Myst. t. II, p. 553)

La prédestination n'est qu'un composé de la prédilection et de la prescience (FÉN. t. III, p. 370)

HISTORIQUE

XVIe s.Enfant de predilection (Nouv. coust. gén. t. I, p. 576)

ÉTYMOLOGIE

Pré..., préfixe, et dilection.

 

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