Disfavor and Favor

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Disfavor noun – A strong feeling of not liking or approving.

Usage example: made no attempt to hide his disfavor of his wife's relatives

Favor is an antonym for disfavor in dislike topic.

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Favor verb – To have a favorable opinion of.

Usage example: if this measure will reduce our property taxes, then I favor it

Disfavor is an antonym for favor in topics: prefer, approval, pamper, look like.

Nearby Words: favored, favoring, favorer

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Part of that is that the Book is now out of favor in Chinese communism, regarded as a piece of "left deviationism" and a "cult of personality" (similar disfavor happened to Stalinist works during and after Khrushchev's administration).

Source: Mainstream Obscurity

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Favor and Disfavor. (2016). Retrieved 2021, March 04, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/disfavor/favor

Disfavor & Favor. N.p., 2016. Web. 04 Mar. 2021. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/disfavor/favor>.

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