Synonyms for bias
ˈbaɪ əsbias

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1. bias

   In some cases a thing is spoken of as bent where the parts make an angle; but oftener to bend is understood to be to draw to or through a curve; as, to bend a bow. To submit or yield is to bend the mind humbly to another's wishes. To incline or influence is to bend another's wishes toward our own; to persuade is to draw them quite over. To warp is to bend silently through the whole fiber, as a board in the sun. To crook is to bend irregularly, as a crooked stick. Deflect, deviate, and diverge are said of any turning away; deviate commonly of a slight and gradual movement, diverge of a more sharp and decided one. To bias is to cut across the texture, or incline to one side; in figurative use always with an unfavorable import. Mold is a stronger work than bend; we may bend by a superior force that which still resists the constraint; as, a bent bow; we mold something plastic entirely to some desired form.

   Synonyms:
   bend, bow, crook, curve, deflect, deviate, diverge, incline, influence, mold, persuade, stoop, submit, turn, twine, twist, warp, yield

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1. bias, prejudice, preconceptionnoun

   a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

   Synonyms:
   preconceived notion, prejudice, preconceived opinion, prepossession, parti pris, diagonal, preconceived idea, preconception

   Antonyms:
   parallel, perpendicular

2. diagonal, biasadjective

   a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric

   Synonyms:
   prejudice, virgule, solidus, separatrix, diagonal, slash, stroke, preconception

   Antonyms:
   parallel, perpendicular

3. biasverb

   slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric

   "a bias fold"

   Antonyms:
   perpendicular, parallel

4. biasverb

   influence in an unfair way

   "you are biasing my choice by telling me yours"

   Synonyms:
   predetermine

   Antonyms:
   perpendicular, parallel

5. bias, predetermineverb

   cause to be biased

   Synonyms:
   predetermine

   Antonyms:
   perpendicular, parallel

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1. • Prejudice

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1. nepotism

   bias is shown to relatives getting added into a job due to their relationship with a person.

   Submitted by anonymous on March 8, 2021  

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1. biasnoun

   Synonyms:
   inclination, bent, leaning, tendency, predilection, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, partiality, prejudice, disposition, predisposition, turn, PENCHANT

2. biasverb

   Synonyms:
   influence, incline, prejudice, dispose, predispose

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1. biasnoun

   Synonyms:
   bent, proneness, predisposition, prejudice

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1. List of paraphrases for "bias":

   partiality, prejudice, polarization, partisanship, one-sidedness, impartiality, skew, distortion, sexism, bigotry, means, slant, polarisation, unfairness

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1. Martellus Bennett:

   Due to Bennett's actions and and the information officers had at the time, they believed Bennett may have been involved in the shooting and they gave chase, many folks today have called this an incident of racial bias policing, that police officers focused solely on the race of the individual that they were going to stop. I can tell you as I stand here today, I see no evidence of that. I see no evidence that race played a role in this incident.

2. Jim Jordan:

   But he has no firsthand knowledge. And second, he has a political bias. That should tell us something about this guy who came forward with this claim, you know as well as I do, that you do not need to have firsthand knowledge to be a whistleblower.

3. Wang Tao:

   I prefer a bearish bias, both WTI and Brent may correct in this week before seeking their next direction.

4. Fox News contributor Guy Benson:

   Now consider how these two cases have been treated by the media, there is nothing even approaching a consistent standard here. The bias is just right out there in the open, for all to see. Utterly undeniable.

5. Chasity Jennings-Nuñez:

   In terms of maternal mortality, it continues to highlight those structural and systemic problems that we saw so clearly during the Covid-19 pandemic, so in terms of issues of racial health inequities, of structural racism and bias, of access to health care, all of those factors that we know have played a role in terms of maternal mortality in the past continue to play a role in maternal mortality.