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bias
Meaning: an unfair preference for or against something
bias in a sentence
How bias is used in real sentences:
The judge was praised for ruling without any bias toward either side.
Because the survey questions favored one candidate, critics accused the pollsters of bias in their results.
“The ruler's bias favored the foxes, so the deer received almost nothing from the royal storehouse.”
— from the passage Seven Beats Together
Synonyms for bias
Other words for bias — prejudice, partiality and favoritism — carry the same meaning.
- prejudice
- partiality
- favoritism
Antonyms of bias
Words that mean the opposite of bias:
- fairness
- neutrality
- objectivity
Where it comes from
From Old French biais 'slant, oblique'
Memory hook
BIAS sounds like 'buy us' — favoring whoever pays.