bias

forbidden word: bias

bias n. 1 Some people have a bias against foreigners. The pianist has a bias for Chopin: prejudice, leaning, inclination, bent, predilection, proneness, propensity, proclivity, tendency, feeling; fixed idea, preconceived idea, preconception, narrow view, slant, one-sidedness, unfairness, narrow-mindedness; bigotry, intolerance, partiality. 2 The dress was cut on the bias: angle, slant, diagonal line.
—adj. Don’t let his insults bias you against her.  prejudice.
Ant. 1 fairness, impartiality, dispassionateness, objectivity; open-mindedness, tolerance.

from – Family Word Finder: Reader’s Digest. The Reader’s Digest Association, 1975.

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Example Sentences – bias

The defense team has attacked the legal theory of the case and alleged Schleifer was biased, the sources said.
From Los Angeles Times

Conservatives, including Carr, say that liberal bias among the major news organizations, including ABC News, has caused viewers to lose faith in journalists.
From Los Angeles Times

The remarks came after a hearing Wednesday in Washington in which a congressional committee criticized the heads of NPR and PBS for what Republicans called biased coverage.
From Los Angeles Times

Decades of research has repeatedly shown that the average American voter is not ideological, has a recency bias, is imagistic, and in total lacks a sophisticated understanding of politics.
From Salon

Earlier in his career, he founded the Media Research Center – which has the stated mission of “identifying liberal bias” – and the Parents Television Council, among other conservative groups.
From BBC

example sentences for bias from Thesuarus.com


March 31, 2025
Hudson Valley, New York

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