bias
Noun:
- A diagonal line or cut across a fabric: A line or direction that is not parallel to the sides of a piece of cloth.
- A prejudice or inclination: A tendency to favor one person, group, thing, or point of view over another, especially in a way considered to be unfair, preventing objective judgment.
Verb:
- To cause prejudice or influence unfairly: To cause someone or something to have a bias; to sway judgment or opinion in an unfair direction.
Noun:
- The dress was cut on the bias, giving it a beautiful drape.
- The journalist was accused of showing bias in her reporting.
- We must be aware of our own cultural biases.
Verb:
- The judge warned the jury not to let media reports bias their decision.
- His early experiences biased him against large corporations.
"Implicit/Unconscious bias": An automatic, unintentional preference or association that influences judgment.
- Companies offer training to help employees recognize their unconscious biases.
"Confirmation bias": The tendency to search for, interpret, and remember information that confirms one's preexisting beliefs.
- His confirmation bias led him to only read news sources that aligned with his views.
"To be biased towards/against": To have a preference for or a prejudice against someone or something.
- The manager was biased towards candidates from his alma mater.
Biased (Adjective): Showing an unfair preference or prejudice.
- The article presented a biased view of the conflict.
Unbiased (Adjective): Fair and impartial; not biased.
- We need an unbiased opinion on this matter.
- Noun: Prejudice, partiality, favoritism, inclination, predisposition.
- Verb: Prejudice, influence, sway, distort, color.
"On a bias" / "On the bias": Cut or moving diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
- She sewed the ribbon on the bias.
"Bias binding": A strip of fabric cut on the bias, used to finish edges.
- She used red bias binding to finish the quilt's edges.
"Cut on the bias": To cut fabric diagonally across the grain.
- For a more fluid skirt, cut the fabric on the bias.
"Without fear or favor": (A concept related to being unbiased) Acting impartially.
- The committee must judge the entries without fear or favor.
- slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric
- a bias fold
- a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
- a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
- cause to be biased
- influence in an unfair way
- you are biasing my choice by telling me yours