All bias synonyms
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B b noun bias
- partiality β the state or character of being partial.
- intolerance β lack of tolerance; unwillingness or refusal to tolerate or respect opinions or beliefs contrary to one's own.
- favoritism β the favoring of one person or group over others with equal claims; partiality: to show favoritism toward the youngest child.
- tilt β to furnish with a tilt.
- bigotry β Bigotry is the possession or expression of strong, unreasonable prejudices or opinions.
- prejudice β an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
- preference β the act of preferring.
- leaning β the act or state of leaning; inclination: The tower has a pronounced lean.
- unfairness β not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics: an unfair law; an unfair wage policy.
- tendency β a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result: the tendency of falling bodies toward the earth.
- inclination β a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; a liking or preference: Much against his inclination, he was forced to resign.
- penchant β a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something: a penchant for outdoor sports.
- bent β Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend.
- predisposition β the fact or condition of being predisposed: a predisposition to think optimistically.
- turn β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- prepossession β the state of being prepossessed.
- spin β to make (yarn) by drawing out, twisting, and winding fibers: Pioneer women spun yarn on spinning wheels.
- flash β a precedence code for handling messages about initial enemy contact or operational combat messages of extreme urgency within the U.S. military.
- standpoint β the point or place at which a person stands to view something.
- prone β having a natural inclination or tendency to something; disposed; liable: to be prone to anger.
- propensity β a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
- preconception β a conception or opinion formed beforehand.
- disposition β the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude: a girl with a pleasant disposition.
- predilection β a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
- mind-set β an attitude, disposition, or mood.
- viewpoint β a place affording a view of something; position of observation: to sketch a river from the viewpoint of a bluff.
- chauvinism β Chauvinism is a strong, unreasonable belief that your own country is more important and morally better than other people's.
- proclivity β natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- illiberality β narrowminded; bigoted.
- angle β An angle is the difference in direction between two lines or surfaces. Angles are measured in degrees.
- incline β to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.
- oblique β neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
- slant β to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
- cross β If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
- cant β a salient angle.
- one-sided β considering but one side of a matter or question; partial or unfair: a one-sided judgment.
verb bias
- sway β to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
- distort β to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- twist β to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
- influence β the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- warp β OS/2
- weight β the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- prepossess β to possess or dominate mentally beforehand, as a prejudice does.