"heightened preference" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to express that someone has an increased or stronger desire for something. For example, "The user had a heightened preference for the new model of the product."
Children's heightened preference for sweet and dislike of bitter, though often detrimental in the modern food environment, reflects their basic biology.
In Study 1 we found that participants who completed a simple social categorization technique designed to reduce (temporal) intergroup bias subsequently displayed a heightened preference for sustainable goods in a product choice task.
Our finding of a lack of heightened preference for a friendly appearance might result from the fact that all the pregnant women studied were in a relationship, and their need for having a friend-caregiver was already satisfied.
It also identifies how risk is heightened by preferences for novelty, lack of stakeholder understanding, a desire to operate at high outputs, and a reluctance to learn from history.
Any song that heightens your preference should be included.
By the use of special papers, improved press methods, and special inks, he achieved an effect of almost glaring contrast, an effect heightened by his preference for emphasizing the typographer rather than the illustrator or the engraver.
This preference was heightened by the fact that the Federal Reserve began to cut short-term interest rates aggressively in January, which made many believe, at the time, that the slowdown in the American economy would be over in the second half of the year.
Heightened confidence levels decrease preference for information that supports individuals' personal beliefs.
One might expect the preference to be heightened in pregnant women who are not receiving satisfactory care from family and friends.
The preference for impact over publications is heightened by organization tenure, non-academic work experience, intrinsic career motivations and research-intensive contexts, while it is weakened by academic influence, extrinsic career motives and academic rank.
But Stephan Thernstrom, a Harvard historian and co-author of a book that argues against the use of racial preferences in college admissions, said the ruling only heightened the confusion over the prevailing Supreme Court opinion on affirmative action, in the 1978 case, University of California Regents v. Bakke.
