fond·ness

[fond-nis]
noun
1.
the state or quality of being fond.
2.
tenderness or affection.
3.
doting affection.
4.
a liking or weakness for something: He has a fondness for sweets.
5.
Archaic. complacent credulity; foolishness.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see fond1, -ness

self-fond·ness, noun


4. predilection, partiality, preference.
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fond1 (fɒnd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj (foll by of)
1.  predisposed (to); having a liking (for)
2.  loving; tender: a fond embrace
3.  indulgent; doting: a fond mother
4.  (of hopes, wishes, etc) cherished but unlikely to be realized: he had fond hopes of starting his own business
5.  archaic, dialect or
 a.  foolish
 b.  credulous
 
[C14 fonned, from fonnen to be foolish, from fonne a fool]
 
'fondly1
 
adv
 
'fondness1
 
n

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Fly geneticists have been renowned-and chastised-for their fondness for quirky
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Neither name, however, expresses even faintly the fondness those cultures have
  for the soybean.
The old fondness and the old playfulness were restored.
Now there was pride and fondness in recalling their memories.
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