adj.

1. Of, relating to, or giving advantage or preference: preferential treatment.
2. Manifesting or originating from partiality or preference: preferential tariff rates.

preferentialism pref'er·en'tial·ism n.
preferentialist pref'er·en'tial·ist n.
preferentially pref'er·en'tial·ly adv.

adjective

Disposed to favor one over another: favorable, partial. See fair/unfair.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: manifesting partiality
  Synonym: discriminatory

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fortrinsberettiget

Nederlands (Dutch)
te verkiezen, verkiezend, meer aantrekkelijk

Français (French)
adj. - préférentiel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - bevorzugt, bevorrechtigt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - προνομιακός, προνομιούχος, επιλεκτικός

Italiano (Italian)
preferenziale, di favore, privilegiato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - preferencial

Русский (Russian)
предпочтительный, льготный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - preferencial

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - företrädes-, förmåns-, preferens-

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
先取的, 选择的, 优先的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 先取的, 選擇的, 優先的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 선취의, 우선(권)의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 優先の, 優遇される, 特恵の, 優先的な, 差別的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مفضل, مميز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של העדפה, עדיף, מועדף‬

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