Distinctions of definitions matter. This post highlights three words that sometimes get incorrectly lumped together in use.<\/p>\n
This post is a brief lesson about the distinctions between 1. predilection, 2. bias, and 3. naivete<\/p>\n
“He has a predilection<\/em> for chocolate ice cream.” “He has a predilection<\/em> for blonde haired women.” “He has a predilection<\/em> for suspenseful novels.”<\/p>\n “She has a predilection for vanilla shakes.” “She has a predilection for solving equations.” “She has a predilection for Republican values and candidates.”<\/p>\n Predilection has to do with one’s interest, one’s preference, one’s sense of familiarity and choosing.<\/p>\n 2. bias<\/strong>: this is similar to predilection; however, it is more accurately confined by definition to a supposed absence of proper evaluation or experience level.<\/p>\n “He always refuses to read the column, though he has never read it.” “He never goes to that store, though he never has been.”<\/p>\n “She insists on shutting him up, though she’s never listened to him.” “She refuses to compliment him, though she has not heard him say anything.”<\/p>\n 3. naivete<\/strong>: unlike the prior two words, this word has nothing to do with an established preference supported by being accustomed to, having supportive information about, or carrying out a learned preference. Nor, does it have anything to do with established personal experience. In fact, it has to do with a lack of information, or lack of decisiveness. Naivete is a void of information. One who is blind to truth, is subject to naivete.<\/p>\n “He did not know that there were dishonest people, and so he had a naive<\/em> world view.” “He believed that all people are good, and so he was naive<\/em>.”<\/p>\n “She took things at face value, and so she was naive<\/em>.” “She did not know that men could harm her, and so she was naive<\/em>.”\u00a0 “She had a disability which rendered her naive<\/em>.”<\/p>\n My next blog post, likely tomorrow, will be about 3 other words!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Distinctions of definitions matter. This post highlights three words that sometimes get incorrectly lumped together in use. This post is a brief lesson about the distinctions between 1. predilection, 2. bias, and 3. naivete predilection: this is a preference that …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.film-shorts.tv\/wpress.cfonseca160\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.film-shorts.tv\/wpress.cfonseca160\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.film-shorts.tv\/wpress.cfonseca160\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.film-shorts.tv\/wpress.cfonseca160\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.film-shorts.tv\/wpress.cfonseca160\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.film-shorts.tv\/wpress.cfonseca160\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2756,"href":"https:\/\/www.film-shorts.tv\/wpress.cfonseca160\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2755\/revisions\/2756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.film-shorts.tv\/wpress.cfonseca160\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.film-shorts.tv\/wpress.cfonseca160\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.film-shorts.tv\/wpress.cfonseca160\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}