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Prejudice for or against one person or group
“There should be no bias in favor of, or against, either team during your officiating.”
An affinity or habitual attraction to something
“From a young age, she demonstrated a strong bias towards a life of artistic freedom.”
A direction diagonal to the weave of a fabric
“She wore a red silk dress cut on the bias.”
The property of not being in balance
An opinion formed before obtaining adequate evidence, especially as the result of bias or prejudice
A view or opinion that is held or expressed
A general direction in which something is developing or changing
A misleading account, or the act of giving one
The state or quality of being specious
The quality of being selective in one's choices
Devotion and enthusiasm for something, often to extremes
A change in temperament or circumstance, especially sudden
A judgment of the worth or character of someone or something
A surface or ground that tends evenly (up or down), or the measure by which it does
A sudden desire or change of mind
An unjust, dishonest, or immoral act
To bias or skew in a particular direction or interpretation
“The information we consume will likely bias our view of the world.”
To show an inclination for, or against, something
“I tend to bias toward the view that first-person, nondual understanding represents something of the pinnacle of human knowledge.”
To influence or induce someone to believe or do something
To affect or exert an influence on
To corrupt, or to prove harmful or destructive to
To cause a profound effect
To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods or by trickery
To bias (the odds) towards a particular outcome
To assort according to type, category or class
In a slanting manner
“Strips may then be cut bias by measuring the width on both sides from the first cut.”
Types of societal bias
“All forms of bias should be frowned upon.”
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