disfavors

Regards with disapproval

Disfavors is the verb form of disfavor, meaning to regard or treat with disapproval or to put at a disadvantage.

A policy might disfavor certain groups: The tax code disfavors renters compared to homeowners.

As a plural noun, disfavors are acts of disapproval or withheld support: She catalogued the many disfavors she'd received from management.

hostility

animosity

Active, bitter hostility

ill-will · malice · spite · enmity · grudge · bitterness · contempt · disdain · aversion · loathing

exclusion

marginalization

Relegation to powerless periphery

blacklisting · sidelining · discrimination · snubbing · overlooking · passing over · shutting out · cold-shouldering · banishment · disregard

disapproval

displeasure

Mild anger or disapproval

scorn · derision · criticism · censure · condemnation · rebuke · reproach · reproval · thumbs-down · dismissal

bias

partiality

Unfair favor toward some

partisanship · inequity · unfairness · preferential treatment · one-sidedness · slant · skew · prejudgment · predisposition · unequal treatment

prejudice

bigotry

Intolerance toward differing views

ageism · classism · homophobia · xenophobia · stereotyping · misogyny · transphobia · ableism · ethnocentrism · chauvinism

Opposites
approval/endorsement

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Preferences or courtesies

endorses · approves · supports · advocates · champions

treatment/action

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Preferences or courtesies

privileges · advantages · benefits · advances · assists

Family

disfavor, disfavored, disfavour, disfavoring, disfavours, disfavoured

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