fondness

1. A predisposition to like something (synset 107512937)
   "he had a fondness for whiskey"; "she had dismissed him quite brutally, relegating him to the status of a passing fancy, or less"
   is a type of: liking - a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
   same as: fancy, partiality
2. A positive feeling of liking (synset 107560035)
   "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"
   is a type of: feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states
   subtypes:

   • attachment, fond regard - a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
   • protectiveness - a feeling of protective affection
   • regard, respect - a feeling of friendship and esteem
   • soft spot - a sentimental affection
   same as: affection, affectionateness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness
3. A quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love (synset 104634357)
   is a type of: emotionalism, emotionality - emotional nature or quality
   subtypes:

   • tenderness - a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
   • uxoriousness - foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife
   same as: affectionateness, lovingness, warmth

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