bias

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/ˈbaɪ.əs/

noun 5verb 2adj 2name 2adv 1

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(noun.)

ADJ

clear, definite, marked, obvious, strong | left-wing, right-wing | cultural, political

VERB + BIAS

have

Many people have an unconscious bias against those from different cultural backgrounds.

display, show | avoid, eliminate, reduce

correct

The newspaper made efforts to correct bias in how they covered different political candidates.

be free from

A good judge must be free from bias when making important legal decisions.

BIAS + VERB

creep in, exist

Gender bias still exists in many workplaces despite efforts to promote equality.

PREP

with/without ~

The judge made her decision without bias, carefully considering all the evidence presented.

with a ~

The documentary was criticized for being made with a clear bias toward the environmental movement.

~ against

The hiring manager showed a clear bias against candidates from smaller towns.

~ in favour of/towards

The hiring manager had a clear bias towards candidates from prestigious universities.

Definitions

noun

Inclination towards something.

Morality […] give[s] a bias to all their [men's] actions.

nature has pointed out a mixed kind of life as most suitable to the human race, and secretly admonished them to allow none of these biasses to draw too much

The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.

A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

A voltage or current applied to an electronic device, such as a transistor electrode, to move its operating point to a desired part of its transfer function.

The difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it.

verb

To place bias upon; to influence.

Our prejudices bias our views.

No doubt they overlook the L.M.R.'s allegedly faulty financial estimates for the Euston-Liverpool/Manchester scheme, which have biassed the Treasury, and perhaps the open-minded Dr. Beeching, against electrification without renewed examination of projects.

To give a bias to.

2002, H. Dijkstra, J. Libby, Overview of silicon detectors, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 494, 86–93, p. 87. On the ohmic side n⁺ is implanted to provide the ohmic contact to bias the detector.

adj

Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.

Thou, trumpet, there’s my purſe; / Now cracke thy lungs, and ſplit thy braſen pipe: / Blow, villaine, till thy ſphered Bias cheeke / Out-ſwell the collicke of puft Aquilon: / Come, ſtretch thy cheſt, and let thy eyes ſpout bloud: / Thou bloweſt for Hector.

Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an iss

noun — a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to

diagonal

verb — cause to be biased

predetermine

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Morality […] give[s] a bias to all their [men's] actions.

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nature has pointed out a mixed kind of life as most suitable to the human race, and secretly admonished them to allow none of these biasses to draw too much

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Researchers worry that the people who are building artificial intelligence systems may be building their own biases into the technology.

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Our prejudices bias our views.

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No doubt they overlook the L.M.R.'s allegedly faulty financial estimates for the Euston-Liverpool/Manchester scheme, which have biassed the Treasury, and perhaps the open-minded Dr. Beeching, against

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, bias is marked as historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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