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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
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
Indian Preference, also known as Indian Preference in hiring, refers to employment policies which aim to increase representation of American Indians within
Indian_Preference
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Preference regression is a statistical technique used by marketers to determine consumers’ preferred core benefits. It usually supplements product positioning
Preference_regression
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
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
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
Preference theory is a multidisciplinary (mainly sociological) theory developed by Catherine Hakim. It seeks both to explain and predict women's choices
Preference_theory
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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, which
Ranked_voting
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
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
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 rare—most
Handedness
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Academic journal
Patient Preference and Adherence is a peer-reviewed healthcare journal focusing on patient preference and adherence throughout the therapeutic continuum
Patient Preference and Adherence
Patient_Preference_and_Adherence
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Australian parliamentary by-election
preferences respectively after the three candidates attended a forum she organised. Political parties recommend to voters how they should preference candidates
2026_Farrer_by-election
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
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
List to opt-out of receiving marketing
ISBN 978-3-540-39632-1. "Robinsonlist". Robinsonlist.be. Retrieved 2013-10-30. "Mailing Preference Service". mpsonline.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-03-24. "Consumers' Choice program"
Robinson_list
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
Erotic attraction to shoes
attractive sexual qualities to shoes or other footwear as a matter of sexual preference, or an alternative or complement to a relationship with a partner. It
Shoe_fetishism
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
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
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
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
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
Economics term
In economics, an agent's preferences are said to be weakly monotonic if, given a consumption bundle x {\displaystyle x} , the agent prefers all consumption
Monotone_preferences
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
Federal election results in New South Wales, Australia
ranked voting where voters order candidates in order of preference. The number of first preferences for each candidate is first counted, and then the candidate
Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in New South Wales
Results_of_the_2022_Australian_federal_election_in_New_South_Wales
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
2010 South Korean TV series
Personal Taste (Korean: 개인의 취향; lit. 'Kae-in's Preference'), also known as Personal Preference, is a 2010 South Korean television series, starring Son
Personal_Taste
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
Top-two primary election
they did not endorse. The nonpartisan (jungle) primary disregards party preference in determining the candidates to advance to the general election, and
Nonpartisan_primary
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
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)
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
In public choice theory, preference revelation (also preference revelation problem) is an area of study concerned with ascertaining the public's demand
Preference_revelation
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
In contrast with ordinal utility, in economics
not only which of two outcomes is preferred, but also the intensity of preferences, i.e. how much better or worse one outcome is compared to another. In
Cardinal_utility
candidates over the preference threshold awarded a seat first if available and the other seats awarded based on position on the list. The preference threshold for
List of candidates in the 2011 Dutch Senate election
List_of_candidates_in_the_2011_Dutch_Senate_election
PREFERENCE
PREFERENCE
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Believe and Preferences
Boy/Male
Muslim
Selflessness, Preference
Boy/Male
Indian
Preference of Heart
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
First Preference
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sikh, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Unparalleled; 1st Preference; Good Beginning
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Choice; Preference; Selection
Boy/Male
Hindu
Gift of heart, Preference of heart, Who is great heart
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
Tamil
Gift of heart, Preference of heart, Who is great heart
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Preference
Girl/Female
Indian
Selflessness, Preference
Boy/Male
Muslim
Choice, Preference, Selection
Girl/Female
Muslim
Selflessness, Preference
Boy/Male
Hindu
Gift of heart, Preference of heart, Who is great heart
Boy/Male
Indian
Selflessness, Preference
PREFERENCE
PREFERENCE
Girl/Female
American, Australian, French, Hebrew
God is My Judge
Boy/Male
Hindu
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
New Flame; Light
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Beauty
Boy/Male
Native American
Short rainbow.
Boy/Male
Native American
Walks as a bear.
Girl/Female
Hindu
A moderate woman
Girl/Female
Hindu
The king, South indians add Anna as a mark of respect which literally means brother or elder one
Boy/Male
Tamil
Life, Soul
Boy/Male
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu, Traditional
Garden
PREFERENCE
PREFERENCE
PREFERENCE
PREFERENCE
PREFERENCE
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.
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 disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries.
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 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.
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.
a.
Giving, indicating, or having a preference or precedence; as, a preferential claim; preferential shares.
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.
n.
The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.
a.
Of two alternatives conceived of, this by preference to, or as more likely than, the other; somewhat.
n.
The setting of one above another; preference.
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.
That which is preferred; the object of choice or superior favor; as, which is your preference?
adv.
In preference; by choice.
n.
A liking; a preference; inclination; -- usually in pl.; as, we all have likes and dislikes.
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.
n.
The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference.