Definition of Disfavor. Meaning of Disfavor. Synonyms of Disfavor

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Definition of Disfavor

Disfavor
Disfavor Dis*fa"vor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfavored; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfavoring.] 1. To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance. Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey. --Swift. 2. To injure the form or looks of. [R.] --B. Jonson.

Meaning of Disfavor from wikipedia

- Social deprivation is the reduction or prevention of culturally normal interaction between an individual and the rest of society. This social deprivation...
- alternative to the World Wide Web in its early stages, but ultimately fell into disfavor, yielding to Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The Gopher ecosystem is...
- northern parts of the country, with a higher risk of prolonged droughts, disfavoring agriculture in these regions. In the 20th century, Argentina experienced...
- Partition in 1947 and subsequent linguistic polarization it fell into disfavor; census of 1951 registered an enormous decline (86–98 per cent) in no....
- a national consensus had formed against the practice. Scalia strongly disfavored the Court's ruling in Miranda v. Arizona, which held that a confession...
- The laws also forbid articles and media messages that could favor or disfavor some political message or candidate. In the first half of 2012, twenty...
- Katselas, but cut ties with him in 2004 when Katselas had fallen into disfavor with Scientology. In 2001, Elfman opened a Scientology mission in San Francisco...
- sub-Saharan Africa. It is also known as brideprice although this has fallen in disfavor as it implies the purchase of the bride. Bridewealth is the amount of money...
- accents of the country, as well as the most stigmatized and socially disfavored. Southern speech, strongest in southern Appalachia and certain areas of...
- selectively criminalized bias-motivated speech or symbolic speech for disfavored topics while permitting such speech for other topics. Many critics further...