bias
noun
[ ˈbʌɪəs ]
• inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.
• "there was evidence of bias against foreign applicants"
Similar:
prejudice,
partiality,
partisanship,
favouritism,
unfairness,
one-sidedness,
bigotry,
intolerance,
racism,
racialism,
sexism,
heterosexism,
homophobia,
chauvinism,
anti-Semitism,
discrimination,
a jaundiced eye,
predisposition,
leaning,
tendency,
inclination,
propensity,
proclivity,
proneness,
predilection,
parti pris,
• a direction diagonal to the weave of a fabric.
• "a turquoise silk dress cut on the bias"
• (in bowls) the irregular shape given to one side of a bowl.
• a steady voltage, magnetic field, or other factor applied to a system or device to cause it to operate over a predetermined range.
bias
verb
• cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something.
• "all too often, our recruitment processes are biased towards younger candidates"
Similar:
prejudice,
influence,
colour,
sway,
weight,
predispose,
distort,
skew,
bend,
twist,
warp,
angle,
load,
slant,
prejudiced,
partial,
partisan,
one-sided,
blinkered,
subjective,
bigoted,
intolerant,
discriminatory,
racist,
racialist,
sexist,
heterosexist,
homophobic,
anti-gay,
chauvinistic,
chauvinist,
anti-Semitic,
jaundiced,
distorted,
warped,
twisted,
skewed,
parti pris,
• give a bias to.
• "bias the valve so that the anode current is normally zero or small"
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘oblique line’; also as an adjective meaning ‘oblique’): from French biais, from Provençal, perhaps based on Greek epikarsios ‘oblique’.
