Whether people like it or not, but their whole life consists of choosing one or the other at a certain moment, giving preference. It's unavoidable. So it would be nice to know what it is. Consider the word itself and its synonyms.
Meaning
"Preference" is a frequent guest in the everyday vocabulary. The reader must have often heard: “Which do you prefer: tea or coffee?” And even without explanation, it was clear that a person is required to choose which drink will decorate his lunch, dinner, breakfast or help pass the time for a boring conversation at a party. There are only two values.
- More respect for a certain subject, person or development of events, a greater desire for a certain outcome.
- Same as taste or priority. The latter, in turn, itself needs an explanation. Priority is the dominant place of this or that. This may be the first place of a scientist in the history of science. The advantage or predominance of a particular value. For example, if you give someone a seat in transport, then the elderly and children have priority. The third meaning is a political goal. Sample Readermay hear on the news, officials love the word.
Synonyms
Of course, the specific replacement depends on the situation. But we will provide everything so that the reader has a choice.
- Respect.
- Sympathy.
- Approval.
- Taste.
- Priority.
- Value.
- Wish.
- Desire.
The main thing when choosing is to observe the harmony of the meaning and style of the text. Sometimes "preference" is not quite the right word to express the author's intent. It is worth paying attention to the fact that if they talk about approving something or someone, they often do not deal with the human mind. Even when it comes to respect, it is not always possible and necessary to talk about rational admiration for something. It also happens that a person is respected in spite of. For example, when athletes get an opponent, they respect the stronger one, not the weaker one, although the latter is more likely to win.
Love triangle
An obvious example of what a preference is about a well-known love theme.
There is a girl and two boys (the reader can mentally change to another triangle if he does not like this one). One of a good family, of course, is rich, with excellent prospects, and the other is poor, but ardent and hot. His only advantage over his opponent is that he loves a girl. The choice of a young woman will just depend on her preferences and taste, which alsoformed not randomly, but are rooted in its basic, systemic values and life goals. How does she imagine happiness? What does money mean to her? What is the essence of love? Does she clearly understand the meaning of the word "preference"? This series can be infinite.
Outwardly it can be expressed vulgarly or stupidly. Or maybe the choice is smart. The important thing is that even behind such an ordinary thing as love, there is a huge inner work of a person, which he himself does not fully understand.
Therefore, the sooner a person turns to the study of his inner world, the better. If he can clearly say that he loves, that he does not like, what he is drawn to, then this, without jokes, can save him from many problems in the future. The key to self-knowledge is the words, including “preference” (we have already analyzed the meaning). Language not only helps us buy bread and milk in the store, but also allows us to understand who we are and why we came into the world, that is, to determine our own, individual purpose of existence.
