bias

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
prejudice, preconception
• Derivationally related forms:
prejudicial (for: prejudice), prejudicious (for: prejudice), prejudice (for: prejudice)
• Hypernyms:
partiality, partisanship
• Hyponyms:
taboo, tabu, irrational hostility, experimenter bias, homophobia,
Islamophobia, racism, tendentiousness
2. a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
• Syn:
diagonal
• Derivationally related forms:
diagonal (for: diagonal)
• Hypernyms:
straight line

II - verb

1. influence in an unfair way
- you are biasing my choice by telling me yours
• Hypernyms:
prejudice, prepossess
• Hyponyms:
handicap
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. cause to be biased
• Syn:
predetermine
• Hypernyms:
prejudice, prepossess
• Hyponyms:
slant, angle, weight
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody

III - adjective

slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric
- a bias fold
• Similar to:
oblique

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  diagonal, prejudice, preconception, predetermine