preferential

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Synonyms: referential, deferential, reverential, precedential, coreferential, unpreferential

Antonyms: referential, deferential, reverential, precedential, coreferential, unpreferential

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Adjective

1. Of or relating to the [[showing]] or [[giving]] of [[preference]].
2. Of or relating to a [[vote|voting]] [[system]] in which the voters are allowed to indicate on their [[ballot]]s their preference (usually their first and second choices) between two or more [[candidate]]s, so that if no candidate receives a [[majority]] of first choices the one receiving the greatest number of first and second choices together is the winner.

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