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the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment: The senator has accused the media of bias. Reporters must be impartial and not show political bias. bias against There was clear evidence of a strong bias against her.
The meaning of BIAS is an inclination of temperament or outlook; especially : a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment : prejudice. How to use bias in a sentence. Bias vs. Biased Synonym Discussion of Bias.
Bias definition: a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned. See examples of BIAS used in a sentence.
the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment: The senator has accused the media of bias. Reporters need to be impartial and not show political bias. bias against There was clear evidence of a strong bias against her.
[uncountable, countable, usually singular] a strong feeling in favour of or against one group of people, or one side in an argument, often not based on fair judgement. accusations of political bias in news programmes (= that reports are unfair and show favour to one political party)
bias, prejudice mean a strong inclination of the mind or a preconceived opinion about something or someone. A bias may be favorable or unfavorable: bias in favor of or against an idea. prejudice implies a preformed judgment even more unreasoning than bias, and usually implies an unfavorable opinion: prejudice against a race. 10.
Use the noun bias to mean a preference for one thing over another, especially an unfair one. Some biases are completely innocent: "I have a bias toward French wines." But most often, bias is used to describe unfair prejudices: "The authorities investigated a case involving bias against Latinos."
