Use the noun bias to mean a preference for one thing over another, especially an unfair one.
A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.
Noun
a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
Noun
a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
Verb
cause to be biased
Verb
influence in an unfair way; "you are biasing my choice by telling me yours"
Adjective S.
slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric; "a bias fold"
n.
A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls,
or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight
line.
n.
A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an
object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.
n.
A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the
waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
n.
A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.
a.
Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
a.
Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
adv.
In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as,
to cut cloth bias.
v. t.
To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to;
to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.
Bias
Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away.2.
Strong love is a bias upon the thoughts.
Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to all their actions.3.
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Me it had not biased in the one direction, nor should it have biased any just critic in the counter direction.
A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.
Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally;
To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.
Usage Examples
My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what we think we know, we ignore or avoid evidence of anything that might change our mind.
I'm not asking that people accept homosexuality. I'm not asking that they believe like I do that it's inborn. I'm not asking that. All I'm saying is don't let these children suffer without a family because of your bias.
Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians.
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Other Usage ExamplesIf one seeks to analyze experiences and reactions to the first postwar years, I hope one may say without being accused of bias that it is easier for the victor than for the vanquished to advocate peace.
There's an unconscious bias in our society: girls are wonderful boys are terrible. And to be a boy, or young man, growing up, having to listen to all this, it must be painful.
The way to Heaven is ascending we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh.
Central authority is bad. The bias should be for freedom. And without a central authority, there are lots of little authorities, and we learn which ones to trust.
Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
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