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   bias

   /ˈbʌɪəs/

   noun

   • 1. 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 prejudicepartialitypartisanshipfavouritismunfairnessone-sidednessbigotryintoleranceracismracialismsexismheterosexismhomophobiachauvinismanti-Semitismdiscriminationa jaundiced eyepredispositionleaningtendencyinclinationpropensityproclivitypronenesspredilectionparti prisOpposite objectivityfairnessimpartiality
   • ▪ a concentration on or interest in one particular area or subject: "his work showed a discernible bias towards philosophy"
   • ▪ (in South Korean entertainment, especially K-pop) a person's favourite pop star, pop group, actor, etc., or favourite member of a pop group: "I'm a fan of Blackpink and my bias is Jennie"
   • 2. a systematic distortion of a statistical result due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation.
   • 3. a direction diagonal to the weave of a fabric: "a turquoise silk dress cut on the bias" Similar diagonalcrossslantobliqueangle
   • 4. (in bowls) the irregular shape given to one side of a bowl.
   • ▪ the oblique course taken by a bowl as a result of its irregular shape.
   • 5. a steady voltage, magnetic field, or other factor applied to a system or device to cause it to operate over a predetermined range.

   verb

   • 1. cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something: "the search results are biased by the specific queries used"
   • 2. distort (a statistical result); introduce bias into (a method of sampling, measurement, analysis, etc.).
   • 3. give a bias to: "bias the valve so that the anode current is normally zero or small"

   Word 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’.

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   What does bias mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! BIAS definition: 1. the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of…. Learn more.

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   How does bias affect people?

   • At the individual level, bias can negatively impact someone’s personal and professional relationships; at a societal level, it can lead to unfair persecution of a group, such as the Holocaust and slavery. What causes people to be biased?

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   What are some examples of bias?

   • Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing. Bias against women permeates every level of the judicial system. There were fierce attacks on the BBC for alleged political bias. Bias is a concern with or interest in one thing more than others. The Department has a strong bias towards neuroscience.

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   What is the difference between prejudice and bias?

   • prejudice usually implies an unfavorable prepossession and connotes a feeling rooted in suspicion, fear, or intolerance. bias implies an unreasoned and unfair distortion of judgment in favor of or against a person or thing. incline, bias, dispose, predispose mean to influence one to have or take an attitude toward something.

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   What is the plural of bias?

   • The plural form of bias is biases, pronounced [ bahy–uhs-eez ] or [ bahy–uhs-ehz ]. The plurals of several other singular words that end in -s are also formed this way, including alias/aliases, moss/mosses, and lens/lenses.

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   What does bias mean in a sentence?

   • The adjective that means “exhibited or characterized by an unreasoned judgment” is biased (“a biased news story”). There is an adjective bias, but it means “diagonal” and is used only of fabrics (“a bias cut across the fabric”). predilection, prepossession, prejudice, bias mean an attitude of mind that predisposes one to favor something.

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