Bias - English meaning

noun

The space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet.

Usage examples:

In any triangle, the longest side is opposite the largest angle

verb

Direct or incline at an angle.

Usage examples:

He angled his chair so that he could watch her

noun

A fish hook.

Usage examples:

You will be pleased too, if you find a trout at one of our angles

noun

Hate or strong dislike of jews, or actions that express hate or dislike of jews

Usage examples:

Nazi anti-semitism forced him to emigrate from germany., anti-semitic literature

verb

Shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle.

Usage examples:

The wire has to be bent back tightly

noun

A curve in a road, river, path, or racing circuit.

Usage examples:

The van screeched round a bend

noun

An ordinary in the form of a broad diagonal stripe from top left (dexter chief) to bottom right (sinister base) of a shield or part of one.

Usage examples:

A narrow bend, either dexter or sinister, lying across the other charges on a shield

adjective

Obstinately or unreasonably attached to a belief, opinion, or faction, in particular prejudiced against or antagonistic towards a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.

Usage examples:

They're pandering to a vocal minority of ill-informed and bigoted individuals

adjective

Having strong, unreasonable beliefs and disliking other people who have different beliefs or a different way of life

Usage examples:

She's so bigoted that she refuses to accept anyone who doesn't think like her.

noun

Obstinate or unreasonable attachment to a belief, opinion, or faction; in particular, prejudice against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.

Usage examples:

The difficulties of combating prejudice and bigotry

adjective

(of a horse) wearing blinkers.

Usage examples:

Aboyeur's blinkered head showed in front soon after the start

verb

Put blinkers on (a horse).

Usage examples:

Brown boy will be blinkered for the first time at york

adjective

A blinkered person is unable or unwilling to understand other people's beliefs, and blinkered opinions or ways of behaving show someone is unable or unwilling to understand other people

Usage examples:

He's very blinkered in his outlook.

noun

Exaggerated or aggressive patriotism.

noun

The strong and unreasonable belief that your own country, sex, or group is the best or most important

Usage examples:

An appeal to national pride and chauvinism, he admits that he is a male chauvinist.

noun

The property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light.

Usage examples:

The lights flickered and changed colour

verb

Pigmentation of the skin, especially as an indication of someone's race.

Usage examples:

Discrimination on the basis of colour

noun

Red, blue, green, yellow, etc.

Usage examples:

What's your favourite colour?, she wears a lot of bright colours., what colour are your eyes?, in a…

noun

A mark, object, or figure formed by two short intersecting lines or pieces (+ or ×).

Usage examples:

Place a cross against the preferred choice

verb

Go or extend across or to the other side of (an area, stretch of water, etc.).

Usage examples:

She has crossed the atlantic twice

adjective

Annoyed.

Usage examples:

He seemed to be very cross about something

adjective

(of a straight line) joining two opposite corners of a square, rectangle, or other straight-sided shape.

Usage examples:

Draw two diagonal lines dividing the square and the rectangle into triangles.

noun

A straight line joining two opposite corners of a square, rectangle, or other straight-sided shape.

Usage examples:

Do this at a diagonal, from one corner of the square to the opposite corner.

adjective

(of a line) straight and sloping, so that it is neither horizontal nor vertical

Usage examples:

A diagonal line in a circle is often used as a symbol to show that certain behavior is forbidden.

noun

The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, sex, or disability.

Usage examples:

Victims of racial discrimination

noun

The treatment of a person or particular group of people differently, in a way that is worse than the way people are usually treated

Usage examples:

Some immigrants were victims of discrimination., the law made racial discrimination in employment a…

noun

The practice of treating particular people, companies, or products differently from others, especially in an unfair way

Usage examples:

He will work in partnership with a range of organizations to help eliminate discrimination against …

adjective

Making or showing an unfair or prejudicial distinction between different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

Usage examples:

Discriminatory employment practices

adjective

Unfairly treating a person or particular group of people differently from others

Usage examples:

Discriminatory practices

adjective

Treating particular people, companies, or products differently from others, especially in an unfair way

Usage examples:

The eu has already denounced the new regulations as discriminatory., several hundred sikh women com…

verb

Pull or twist out of shape.

Usage examples:

A grimace distorted her mouth

verb

To change something from its natural or usual shape or condition

Usage examples:

Agony distorted his face., there are those who would distort the facts to serve their own political…

verb

To change something from its original, natural, or intended meaning, condition, or shape, especially in a negative way

Usage examples:

Governments are able to maintain discriminatory procurement practices which significantly distort t…

noun

The practice of giving unfair preferential treatment to one person or group at the expense of another.

Usage examples:

My parents would vehemently deny showing favouritism towards one child in particular

noun

Dislike of or prejudice against gay people.

Usage examples:

The level of homophobia within sport continues to be a huge issue

noun

Fear and dislike of homosexuals

noun

The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself.

Usage examples:

The influence of television violence

verb

Have an influence on.

Usage examples:

Government regulations can influence behaviour, but often without changing underlying values and mo…

verb

A power to affect persons or events

noun

Unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behaviour that differ from one's own.

Usage examples:

A struggle against religious intolerance

adjective

Not tolerant of views, beliefs, or behaviour that differ from one's own.

Usage examples:

As a society we are more intolerant of certain types of violence than we were in the past

adjective

Disapproving of or refusing to accept people, behavior, or ideas that are different from your own

Usage examples:

As a historian, she was intolerant of poorly done research., he began to speak out against racism a…

noun

A heavy or bulky thing that is being carried or is about to be carried.

Usage examples:

In addition to their own food, they must carry a load of up to eighty pounds

verb

Fill (a vehicle, ship, container, etc.) with a large amount of something.

Usage examples:

They go to calais to load up their vans with cheap beer

adjective

Neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; slanting.

Usage examples:

We sat on the settee oblique to the fireplace

noun

Another term for slash1 (sense 2 of the noun).

adjective

Not balanced or fair

Usage examples:

The book presents a one-sided view of history., it was a one-sided victory - we won 10-3.

noun

A situation in which only one opinion in an argument is considered, in a way that is unfair

Usage examples:

One-sidedness is never easy to deal with., she made a point about the one-sidedness of some televis…

adjective

Existing only in part; incomplete.

Usage examples:

A question to which we have only partial answers

noun

A component of a musical sound; an overtone or harmonic.

Usage examples:

Strings would like to oscillate as closely as possible to harmonic partials

adjective

Not complete

Usage examples:

He made a partial repayment of the loan., i’m partial toward the larger dogs., the accident left hi…

noun

Unfair bias in favour of one person or thing; favouritism.

Usage examples:

An attack on the partiality of judges

noun

An unfair preference for one person or group over another

Usage examples:

Some parents complained about the partiality of the teacher toward certain students.

noun

A strong supporter of a party, cause, or person.

Usage examples:

Partisans of the exiled stuarts

adjective

Prejudiced in favour of a particular cause.

Usage examples:

Newspapers have become increasingly partisan

adjective

Involving loyal support of a person, principle, or political party

Usage examples:

Partisan politics, the political parties are more divided by partisanship than ever before.

noun

Prejudice in favour of a particular cause; bias.

Usage examples:

An act of blatant political partisanship

verb

Make someone liable or inclined to a specified attitude, action, or condition.

Usage examples:

Lack of exercise may predispose an individual to high blood pressure

verb

To influence someone to behave or think in a particular way or to have a particular condition

Usage examples:

Individualism predisposes many people to look for individual solutions to social problems., your fa…

noun

Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.

Usage examples:

Prejudice against people from different backgrounds

verb

Give rise to prejudice in (someone); make biased.

Usage examples:

The statement might prejudice the jury

noun

An unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling formed without enough thought or knowledge

Usage examples:

[ u ] racial prejudice, [ c ] the experience merely confirmed all his prejudices about living in th…

adjective

Having or showing a dislike or distrust that is derived from prejudice; bigoted.

Usage examples:

People are prejudiced against us

verb

Give rise to prejudice in (someone); make biased.

Usage examples:

The statement might prejudice the jury

adjective

Influenced by personal opinion

Usage examples:

I thought the speaker’s presentation sounded prejudiced.

abbreviation

Argentina (international vehicle registration).

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 88, a rare radioactive metal of the alkaline earth series. it was formerly used as a source of radiation for radiotherapy.

noun

The distance of a point east of the first point of aries, measured along the celestial equator and expressed in hours, minutes, and seconds.

noun

Another term for racism.

noun

Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.

Usage examples:

A programme to combat racism

noun

The belief that some races are better than others, or the unfair treatment of someone because of his or her race

noun

Prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex.

Usage examples:

Sexism in language is an offensive reminder of the way the culture sees women

adjective

Neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew; crooked.

Usage examples:

His hat looked slightly skew

noun

An oblique angle; a slant.

Usage examples:

The most important effect of the skew in angle is the raised plateau of entrance court created in t…

verb

Suddenly change direction or position.

Usage examples:

The car had skewed across the track

verb

Slope or lean in a particular direction; diverge or cause to diverge from the vertical or horizontal.

Usage examples:

A ploughed field slanted up to the skyline

noun

A sloping position.

Usage examples:

The hedge grew at a slant

adjective

Sloping.

Usage examples:

Slant pockets

adjective

Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions.

Usage examples:

His views are highly subjective

noun

The subjective case.

adjective

Influenced by or based on personal beliefs or feelings, rather than based on facts

Usage examples:

Whether something is objectionable is a subjective question.

verb

Move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side to side.

Usage examples:

He swayed slightly on his feet

noun

A rhythmical movement from side to side.

Usage examples:

The easy sway of her hips

verb

Move back and forth

verb

Form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape.

Usage examples:

A strip of metal is twisted to form a hollow tube

noun

An act of twisting something around a stationary point.

Usage examples:

The taps needed a single twist to turn them on

verb

Cause an object to assume a curved or distorted shape

noun

Lack of equality or justice.

Usage examples:

He protested at the unfairness of the tribunal's procedure

noun

The quality or fact of not treating people in an equal way, or of being morally wrong

Usage examples:

The act does not really address the fundamental unfairness of the system., they can recall the last…

verb

Make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp.

Usage examples:

Moisture had warped the box

noun

A twist or distortion in the shape of something.

Usage examples:

The head of the racket had a curious warp

verb

(of a surface or hard material) to bend or twist so that the surface is no longer flat or straight

Usage examples:

[ t ] water poured in, ruining carpets, warping walls, destroying wiring., the novel is an appraisa…

noun

A body's relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing.

Usage examples:

He was at least fifteen stone in weight

verb

Hold (something) down by placing a heavy object on top of it.

Usage examples:

A mug half filled with coffee weighted down a stack of papers