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Another word for bias

NOUN

  1. An inclination for or against that inhibits impartial judgment

    See also:

    straight

    like

    affect

  2. An inclination to something

    See also:

    like

    approach

ADJ

  1. Angled at a slant

    See also:

    straight

VERB

  1. To cause to have a prejudiced view

    See also:

    straight

    affect

  2. To direct (material) to the interests of a particular group

    See also:

    straight

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for bias

NOUN

  1. See also:

    prejudice

    prejudice

    inclination

VERB

  1. See also:

    influence

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • His natural bias was to respect things as they were.

  • This document provides guidance on the stages in scheme development at which optimism bias can be reduced.

  • To illustrate the self-serving bias with regard to success, I will draw on my own experiences.

  • The townspeople show a bias in favour of French habits and fashions.

  • His natural parts were excellent; and a strong bias in the direction of abstract thought, and mathematics in particular, was noticeable at an early date.

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