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To like one thing more than another
In psychology, economics and philosophy, preference is a technical term usually used in relation to choosing between alternatives. For example, someone
Preference
Stating a preference not truly held
Preference falsification is the act of misrepresenting a preference under perceived public pressure. It involves publicly expressing a preference that
Preference_falsification
Type of card game originating in Austria
Préférence, frequently spelt Preference, is a Central and Eastern European 10-card plain-trick game with bidding, played by three players with a 32-card
Préférence
Economic concept
behavior. Revealed preference models assume that the preferences of consumers can be revealed by their purchasing habits. Revealed preference theory arose because
Revealed_preference
Indian Preference, also known as Indian Preference in hiring, refers to employment policies which aim to increase representation of American Indians within
Indian_Preference
Tendency for individual or group to prefer some colors over others
In the psychology of color, color preferences are the tendency for an individual or a group to prefer some colors over others, such as having a favorite
Color_preferences
Cultural preference for male offspring
Son preference is the ancient and cross-cultural human preference for male (rather than female) offspring. Son preference has been demonstrated across
Son_preference
Machine learning technique
align an intelligent agent with human preferences. It involves training a reward model to represent preferences, which can then be used to train other
Reinforcement learning from human feedback
Reinforcement_learning_from_human_feedback
Cultural preference for female offspring
Daughter preference describes human families seeking to bear and raise daughters, rather than sons. It is unclear whether this phenomenon is due to their
Daughter_preference
Term in venture capital financing
A liquidation preference is one of the primary economic terms of a venture finance investment in a private company. The term describes how various investors'
Liquidation_preference
Subfield of machine learning
Preference learning is a subfield of machine learning that focuses on modeling and predicting preferences based on observed preference information. Preference
Preference_learning
Concept in economics
In economics, convex preferences are an individual's ordering of various outcomes, typically with regard to the amounts of various goods consumed, with
Convex_preferences
Board game
Personal Preference is a 1987 board game created by Donal Carlston that involves guessing the order in which a player prefers foods, activities, people
Personal_Preference
Tariff reductions within the British Empire and Commonwealth
Imperial Preference was a system of mutual tariff reduction enacted throughout the British Empire following the Ottawa Conference of 1932. As Commonwealth
Imperial_Preference
Topic in ethics
Preference utilitarianism (also known as preferentialism) is a form of utilitarianism in contemporary philosophy. Unlike value monist forms of utilitarianism
Preference_utilitarianism
Desirable qualities in partners
shared (consensual) preferences – like preferences for kindness, intelligence, and health – as well as sex-differentiated preferences shaped by ancestral
Mate_choice_in_humans
Concept in economics
In economics, lexicographic preferences or lexicographic orderings describe comparative preferences where an agent prefers any amount of one good (X)
Lexicographic_preferences
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up preference in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Preference is a term used in scientific literature. Preference may also refer to: Preference (economics)
Preference_(disambiguation)
Index of articles associated with the same name
term preference relation is used to refer to orderings that describe human preferences for one thing over an other. In mathematics, preferences may be
Preference_relation
Statistical phenomenon
Terminal digit preference, terminal digit bias, or end-digit preference is a commonly-observed statistical phenomenon whereby humans recording numbers
Terminal_digit_preference
Plurality voting system
First-past-the-post (FPTP) — also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality — is a single-winner voting rule. Each voter
First-past-the-post_voting
Inheritance by the eldest, usually male, child
in the West since World War II, eliminate the preference for males over females (absolute male-preference primogeniture). Most monarchies in Europe have
Primogeniture
Experiment in animal behavior
A preference test is an experiment in which animals are allowed free access to multiple environments which differ in one or more ways. Various aspects
Preference_test
Preferential trading relationship
A trade preference is a preference by one country for buying goods from some other country more than from other countries. It grants special support to
Trade_preference
Legislation for marine transport of cargo
The Cargo Preference Act or Cargo Preference refers generally to legal requirements for the carriage of government-impelled cargoes on the vessels flagged
Cargo_Preference_Act
Difference in valuation of a payoff when receiving it earlier versus later
In behavioral economics, time preference (or time discounting, delay discounting, temporal discounting, long-term orientation) is the current relative
Time_preference
Atypical sexual attraction
sexual arousal or attraction to anything not sexual by nature, though preference is favored for specific designations. Paraphilia has also been defined
Paraphilia
Task of generating recommendations to a user
Preference elicitation refers to the problem of developing a decision support system capable of generating recommendations to a user, thus assisting in
Preference_elicitation
Preference regression is a statistical technique used by marketers to determine consumers’ preferred core benefits. It usually supplements product positioning
Preference_regression
Consumer psychology
brand preference represents which brands are preferred under assumptions of equality in price and availability. In layman's terms, brand preference relates
Brand_preference
Painting by John Callcott Horsley
Showing a Preference is an 1860 oil painting by the British artist John Callcott Horsley. A genre painting it depicts a young sailor of the Royal Navy
Showing_a_Preference
Human tendency to care about social outcomes
Social preferences, also known as distributional preferences, describe the human tendency to not only care about one's own material payoff, but also the
Social_preferences
Pavlovian conditioning
Conditioned place preference (CPP) is a form of Pavlovian conditioning used to measure the motivational effects of objects or experiences. This motivation
Conditioned_place_preference
MacOS application
System Settings (known as System Preferences prior to macOS Ventura) is an application in macOS that allows users to modify system settings, such as displays
System_Settings
Pattern of romantic/sexual attraction based on sex/gender
gynephilia describes the sexual attraction to femininity. The term sexual preference largely overlaps with sexual orientation, but is generally distinguished
Sexual_orientation
Interest seen as a reward for parting with liquidity
In macroeconomic theory, liquidity preference is the demand for money, considered as liquidity. The concept was first developed by John Maynard Keynes
Liquidity_preference
Preferences in romantic partners
Dating preferences refers to the preferences that individuals have towards a potential partner when approaching the formation of a romantic relationship
Dating_preferences
The psychology of music preference is the study of the psychological factors behind peoples' different music preferences. One study found that after researching
Psychology of music preference
Psychology_of_music_preference
Election in Britain
second preference if cast for either of the two remaining candidates. After all second preference votes are counted and added to the first preference tallies
2026 Greater Manchester mayoral by-election
2026_Greater_Manchester_mayoral_by-election
Preference theory is a multidisciplinary (mainly sociological) theory developed by Catherine Hakim. It seeks both to explain and predict women's choices
Preference_theory
The Veterans' Preference Act is a United States federal law passed in 1944. It required the federal government to favor returning war veterans when hiring
Veterans'_Preference_Act
Sexual preference for pubescent children
later adolescents, typically ages 15–18). While individuals with a sexual preference for adults may have some sexual interest in pubescent-aged individuals
Hebephilia
Intercultural and interracial sexuality
historically been a factor in sexual fetishism, with the Asian fetish, a preference for women of Asian descent, and the fetishization of Black men being prominent
Race_and_sexuality
Type of stock senior to common stock
Preferred stock (also called preferred shares, preference shares, or simply preferreds) is a component of share capital that may have any combination of
Preferred_stock
Gender preference issue in China
Son preference in China is a gender preference issue underpinned by the belief that boys have more value than girls. In China, the bias towards male over
Son_preference_in_China
Preference given to applicants related to alumni
Legacy preference or legacy admission is a preference given by an institution or organization to certain applicants on the basis of their familial relationship
Legacy_preferences
Election systems
Preferential voting or preference voting (PV) may refer to several different types of electoral systems. Many preferential voting systems originated in
Preferential_voting
Individual voter's first choice
A first-preference is a voter's most-preferred candidate. In certain ranked systems such as first preference plurality, ranked-choice voting (RCV), and
First-preference_vote
Topics referred to by the same term
Gender preference may refer to: Sex selection, the attempt to influence the sex of the offspring Gender identity, personal identification of gender This
Gender_preference
Order by which an agent ranks alternatives based on their utility
In economics, and in other social sciences, preference refers to an order by which an agent, while in search of an "optimal choice", ranks alternatives
Preference_(economics)
Call prioritisation in UK emergencies
The Government Telephone Preference Scheme (GTPS) was a British system for limiting outgoing calls from landlines if the network was overloaded during
Government Telephone Preference Scheme
Government_Telephone_Preference_Scheme
Psychological phenomenon
Straight women's preference for lesbian pornography is a widely documented phenomenon in which self-identified heterosexual women prefer lesbian pornography
Straight women's preference for lesbian pornography
Straight_women's_preference_for_lesbian_pornography
Form of automated planning and scheduling
In artificial intelligence, preference-based planning is a form of automated planning and scheduling which focuses on producing plans that additionally
Preference-based_planning
Preference or tendency to use a specific hand
particular task with a particular hand. Mixed-handed people change hand preference depending on the task. Natural ambidexterity does exist, but it is very
Handedness
Container for astronauts' personal items
The Personal Preference Kit (PPK) is a container used to carry the personal items of astronauts during the Gemini, Apollo, Space Shuttle, and International
Personal_preference_kit
Sexual attraction to adolescents
number of sexual preferences across age groups subsumed under the technical term chronophilia. Ephebophilia strictly denotes the preference for mid-to-late
Ephebophilia
1978 single by Julien Clerc
"Ma préférence" is a song by French singer-songwriter Julien Clerc. It was released as the first single from his 1978 album Jaloux. The song is composed
Ma_préférence
Preferred shares with extra profit participation
participating preferred stock have the choice between two payoffs: a liquidation preference or an optional conversion. In a liquidation, they first get their money
Participating_preferred_stock
In United States agricultural policy, a grazing preference is the status of qualified holders of grazing permits acquired by grant, prior use, or purchase
Grazing_preference
Law voted in 2002 by the American Congress
The Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) is a trade preference system by which the United States grants duty-free access to a wide range
Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act
Andean_Trade_Promotion_and_Drug_Eradication_Act
Topics referred to by the same term
Common preference is an everyone wins situation in a number of places: Zero-sum game#Non-zero-sum Taking Children Seriously Win-win situation This disambiguation
Common_preference
Conspecific song preference is the ability songbirds require to distinguish conspecific song from heterospecific song in order for females to choose an
Conspecific_song_preference
Sexual obsession with Asian people expressed by non-Asians
An Asian fetish is a strong sexual or romantic preference for people of Asian descent or heritage. The term usually refers to women specifically of East
Asian_fetish
Neurological description of sugar preference
Sugar preference is a biological phenomenon where sugar is favored over artificial sweeteners by both humans and animals. All animals need sugar as their
Sugar_preference
Theorem in economics
utility representation theorem shows that, under certain conditions, a preference ordering can be represented by a real-valued utility function, such that
Utility representation theorem
Utility_representation_theorem
Restriction on preferences in social choice
Single-peaked preferences are a class of preference relations. A group has single-peaked preferences over a set of outcomes if the outcomes can be ordered
Single_peaked_preferences
Personality measure designed for the workplace
The Personality and Preference Inventory (PAPI) is a personality test that is used to determine a person's personality traits in the workplace. The questionnaire
Personality and Preference Inventory
Personality_and_Preference_Inventory
Voting systems that use ranked ballots
depends only on voters' order of preference of the candidates. Ranked voting systems vary dramatically in how preferences are tabulated and counted. This
Ranked_voting
Psychological bias towards favoring members of one's in-group
in-group–out-group bias, in-group bias, intergroup bias, or in-group preference, is a pattern of favoring members of one's in-group over out-group members
In-group_favoritism
In public choice theory, preference revelation (also preference revelation problem) is an area of study concerned with ascertaining the public's demand
Preference_revelation
United Kingdom's official do not call list
The Telephone Preference Service (TPS) is the United Kingdom's official do not call list. It allows businesses and individuals to opt out of unsolicited
Telephone_Preference_Service
Multi-winner electoral system
candidates, and their vote may be transferred according to alternative preferences if their preferred candidate is eliminated or elected with surplus votes
Single_transferable_vote
Axiological position which prioritizes avoiding preference frustration
that "we don't do any good by creating satisfied extra preferences. What matters about preferences is not that they have a satisfied existence, but that
Antifrustrationism
Academic journal
Food Quality and Preference is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of sensory and consumer science, published by Elsevier. Its scope covers
Food_Quality_and_Preference
A visual preference survey is a technique for obtaining public feedback on physical design alternatives. It is often used when designing zoning codes,
Visual_preference_survey
Number of arbitrary unit used in network routing decisions
Administrative distance (AD) or route preference is a number of arbitrary unit assigned to dynamic routes, static routes and directly connected routes
Administrative_distance
Former principle of EU governance
Community preference was a concept in the European Union and its predecessor organisation the European Communities in which all the member states would
Community_preference
Theory of mathematical psychology
displayed set and choose the pair that reflects the maximum difference in preference or importance. It may be thought of as a variation of the method of Paired
MaxDiff
Mode of natural selection involving the choosing of and competition for mates
sexual selection accelerates the preference for a specific ornament, causing the preferred trait and female preference for it to increase together in a
Sexual_selection
Legal term in bankruptcy law
An unfair preference (or "voidable preference") is a legal term arising in bankruptcy law where a person or company transfers assets or pays a debt to
Unfair_preference
Factors influencing economic decisions
behavior. Mathematical psychology reflects a long-standing interest in preference transitivity and the measurement of utility. Its consolidation as a distinct
Behavioral_economics
User agent specification
Composite Capability/Preference Profiles (CC/PP) is a specification for defining capabilities and preferences of user agents (also known as "delivery context")
Composite Capability/Preference Profiles
Composite_Capability/Preference_Profiles
Mechanism for evolution
selection. In 1915, Ronald Fisher wrote a paper on the evolution of female preference and secondary sexual characteristics. Fifteen years later, he expanded
Mate_choice
Self-contradiction of majority rule
prefer A to B, B to C, and also C to A, even if every voter's individual preferences are rational and avoid self-contradiction. Examples of Condorcet's paradox
Condorcet_paradox
Sequential hierarchy of nominal importance of persons
An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of importance applied to individuals, groups, or organizations. For individuals, it is most often used
Order_of_precedence
Concept in economics
provide the consumer with equal levels of utility, and the consumer has no preference for one combination or bundle of goods over a different combination on
Indifference_curve
Concept in economics
Endogenous preferences are preferences that cannot be taken as given, but are affected by individual internal responses to the external state of affairs
Endogenous_preferences
Australian political strategist
mid-1990s. He acquired a reputation through his Minor Party Alliance as the "preference whisperer" of Australian politics. He served as the chief of staff for
Glenn_Druery
List to opt-out of receiving marketing
"Bel-me-niet-meer-lijst" (in Dutch). Federal Public Service Economy. "Mailing Preference Service". mpsonline.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-03-24. "Consumers' Choice program"
List of marketing opt-out registries
List_of_marketing_opt-out_registries
not receive the most first preference votes: Labor won the seat of Macquarie despite the Liberals having more first preference votes, and the seat of Richmond
Results of the 2016 Australian federal election in New South Wales
Results_of_the_2016_Australian_federal_election_in_New_South_Wales
Organism that harbours another organism
In biology and medicine, a host is a larger organism that harbours a smaller organism; whether a parasitic, a mutualistic, or a commensalist guest (symbiont)
Host_(biology)
votes than the preference threshold were awarded a seat first and the other seats were awarded based on position on the list. The preference threshold for
List of candidates in the 2021 Dutch general election
List_of_candidates_in_the_2021_Dutch_general_election
Study of consumption of goods and services
services. It encompasses how the consumer's emotions, attitudes, and preferences affect buying behaviour, and how external cues—such as visual prompts
Consumer_behaviour
responsive set (RS) extension is an extension of a preference-relation on individual items, to a partial preference-relation of item-bundles. Suppose there are
Responsive_set_extension
French cycling team
St Michel–Preference Home–Auber93 is a French women's road cycling team that was founded in 2012, before registering with the UCI for the 2022 season.
St. Michel–Preference Home–Auber93 (women's team)
St._Michel–Preference_Home–Auber93_(women's_team)
Parliamentary election in Ireland
candidate is nominated, the Dáil will vote by secret ballot in order of preference after the candidates' speeches, which may not exceed five minutes, with
2024_Ceann_Comhairle_election
List of cyclists
Lotto–Intermarché Ladies Ma Petite Entreprise Mayenne Monbana My Pie St. Michel–Preference Home–Auber93 VolkerWessels Women Cyclingteam "Tour de France Femmes avec
List of teams and cyclists in the 2026 Tour de France Femmes
List_of_teams_and_cyclists_in_the_2026_Tour_de_France_Femmes
System of graduated tariffs on goods
tariffs and simplifies trading rules. The standard preferences rate is suspended on "standard preferences imports" from 19 June 2023 until 31 December 2025
Developing Countries Trading Scheme
Developing_Countries_Trading_Scheme
Avoidance of the consumption of alcohol
medical, philosophical, social, political, past alcoholism, or simply preference. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the tee- in teetotal is
Teetotalism
Alcohol preferences in Europe vary from country to country between beer, wine or spirits. These preferences are traditionally associated with certain
Alcohol_preferences_in_Europe
PREFERENCE
PREFERENCE
Boy/Male
Indian
Selflessness, Preference
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sikh, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Unparalleled; 1st Preference; Good Beginning
Boy/Male
Muslim
Selflessness, Preference
Girl/Female
Indian
Selflessness, Preference
Boy/Male
Tamil
Hridaan | ஹà¯à®°à¯€à®¤à®¾à®¨Â
Gift of heart, Preference of heart, Who is great heart
Hridaan | ஹà¯à®°à¯€à®¤à®¾à®¨Â
Boy/Male
Muslim
Choice, Preference, Selection
Girl/Female
Muslim
Selflessness, Preference
Boy/Male
Tamil
Gift of heart, Preference of heart, Who is great heart
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Believe and Preferences
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
First Preference
Boy/Male
Indian
Preference of Heart
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Choice; Preference; Selection
Boy/Male
Hindu
Gift of heart, Preference of heart, Who is great heart
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Preference
Boy/Male
Hindu
Gift of heart, Preference of heart, Who is great heart
PREFERENCE
PREFERENCE
Boy/Male
Hindu
Creator, Solicitous, Charming, Brilliant
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Chinese, French, German, Indian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss
Famous Warrior; Renowned Warrior; Form of Louis
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Danish, English, Finnish, French, Greek, Hindu, Indian, Swedish
Form of Alaina; Path; Roadway; Route; Bright One; Shining One
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Spring
Girl/Female
Tamil
Harshiya | ஹரà¯à®·à¯€à®¯à®¾
Heaven
Girl/Female
Christian, Greek, Indian
Fresh; Sparkling
Boy/Male
Tamil
Forever
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian, German, Muslim
Prosperity
Girl/Female
African, Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Perhaps; Beautiful; Pure
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Praise
PREFERENCE
PREFERENCE
PREFERENCE
PREFERENCE
PREFERENCE
n.
The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.
n.
A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.
n.
The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without regarding those of others.
n.
The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; as, to give him his preference.
n.
The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference.
n.
That which is preferred; the object of choice or superior favor; as, which is your preference?
n.
The right of an actual settler upon public lands (particularly those of the United States) to purchase a certain portion at a fixed price in preference to all other applicants.
n.
The setting of one above another; preference.
a.
Of two alternatives conceived of, this by preference to, or as more likely than, the other; somewhat.
v. t.
To choose and take from a number; to take by preference from among others; to pick out; to cull; as, to select the best authors for perusal.
n.
The state of being pleased with, or attracted toward, some thing or person; hence, inclination; desire; pleasure; preference; -- often with for, formerly with to; as, it is an amusement I have no liking for.
adv.
In preference; by choice.
n.
That by means of which will or preference is expressed in elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a ticket; as, a written vote.
n.
A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished.
a.
Giving, indicating, or having a preference or precedence; as, a preferential claim; preferential shares.
n.
A liking; a preference; inclination; -- usually in pl.; as, we all have likes and dislikes.
v.
The choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition.
v. i.
To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations, etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an interest with others.
n.
The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries.