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- Dictionarybi·as/ˈbīəs/
noun
- 1. prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair: "there was evidence of bias against foreign applicants" Similar Opposite
- 2. a systematic distortion of a statistical result due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation.
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.).
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Synonyms for BIAS: prejudice, tendency, partiality, partisanship, tendentiousness, one-sidedness, ply, favoritism; Antonyms of BIAS: neutrality, objectivity, impartiality, indifference, detachment, unbiasedness, hate, calm
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Synonyms and antonyms of bias in English. bias. noun. These are words and phrases related to bias. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of bias. Some people have a bias against foreigners. The pianist has a bias for Chopin. Synonyms. prejudice. leaning. inclination. bent. predilection. proneness.
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Synonyms for BIAS: bent, prejudice, inclination, partiality, leaning, predilection, preference, predisposition, proneness; Antonyms for BIAS: impartiality, fairness, justness, be impartial, be fair, be just.
Synonyms for BIAS in English: prejudice, leaning, bent, tendency, inclination, penchant, intolerance, bigotry, propensity, favouritism, ….
bias - WordReference.com English Thesaurus. Listen: UK:*/ˈbaɪəs/US:/ˈbaɪəs/ , (bī′əs) definition | English Collocations | Conjugator | in Spanish | in French | in context | images. Inflections of ' bias ' ( v ): ( ⇒ conjugate) biases. v 3rd person singular. biasing. v pres p. biassing. v pres p(Rare) biased. v past. biassed. v past(Rare) biased.
Use the noun bias to mean a preference for one thing over another, especially an unfair one. Some biases are completely innocent: "I have a bias toward French wines." But most often, bias is used to describe unfair prejudices: "The authorities investigated a case involving bias against Latinos."
