Tra từ bias - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bias AW [bias biases biased biassed biasing biassing] noun, verb BrE [ˈbaɪəs] NAmE [ˈbaɪəs]
noun
1. 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)
•Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias.
•Some institutions still have a strong bias against women.
2. countable, usually singular an interest in one thing more than others; a special ability
•The course has a strong practical bias.
•Leila had a marked scientific bias.
3. uncountable, singular the bias of a piece of cloth is an edge cut ↑diagonally across the threads
•The skirt is cut on the bias.
•a bias strip

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘oblique line’; also as an adjective meaning ‘oblique’): from French biais, from Provençal, perhaps based on Greek epikarsios ‘oblique’.

Thesaurus:
bias noun U, C, usually sing. (usually disapproving)
•They were accused of political bias.
prejudice • • discrimination • • intolerance • • bigotry • • racism • • chauvinism • • nationalism • • sexism • • ageism • |BrE favouritism • |AmE favoritism •
Opp: balance, Opp: objectivity, Opp: impartiality
bias/prejudice/favouritism/discrimination/intolerance/bigotry/racism towards/toward sb/sth
bias/prejudice/discrimination/bigotry/racism against sb/sth
bias/prejudice/discrimination in favour of sb/sth
racial/religious bias/prejudice/discrimination/intolerance

Collocations:
Race and immigration
Prejudice and racism
experience/encounter racism/discrimination/prejudice/anti-semitism
face/suffer persecution/discrimination
fear/escape from/flee racial/political/religious persecution
constitute/be a form of racial/race discrimination
reflect/reveal/show/have a racial/cultural bias
be biased/be prejudiced against (especially BrE) black people/(both especially NAmE) people of color/African Americans/Asians/Africans/Indians, etc.
discriminate against minority groups/minorities
perpetuate/conform to/fit/defy a common/popular/traditional/negative stereotype
overcome/be blinded by deep-seated/racial/(especially NAmE) race prejudice
entrench/perpetuate racist attitudes
hurl/shout (especially BrE) racist abuse; (especially NAmE) a racist/racial/ethnic slur
challenge/confront racism/discrimination/prejudice
combat/fight (against)/tackle blatant/overt/covert/subtle/institutional/systemic racism
Race and society
damage/improve (especially BrE) race relations
practise/ (especially US) practice (racial/religious) tolerance/segregation
bridge/break down/transcend cultural/racial barriers
encourage/promote social integration
outlaw/end discrimination/slavery/segregation
promote/embrace/celebrate cultural diversity
conform to/challenge/violate (accepted/established/prevailing/dominant) social/cultural norms
live in a multicultural society
attack/criticize multiculturalism
fight for/struggle for/promote racial equality
perpetuate/reinforce economic and social inequality
introduce/be for/be against (BrE) positive discrimination/(especially NAmE) affirmative action
support/be active in/play a leading role in the civil rights movement
Immigration
control/restrict/limit/encourage immigration
attract/draw a wave of immigrants
assist/welcome refugees
house/shelter refugees and asylum seekers
smuggle illegal immigrants into the UK
deport/repatriate illegal immigrants/failed asylum seekers
assimilate/integrate new immigrants
employ/hire migrant workers
exploit/rely on (cheap/illegal) immigrant labour/(especially US) labor
apply for/gain/obtain/be granted/be denied (full) citizenship
have/hold dual citizenship

Example Bank:
•Bias often creeps in through the wording of questions.
•He claims that America's media has a liberal bias.
•The data was checked for potential biases.
•The newspaper has a clear bias towards the Conservative Party.
•The newspaper was free from political bias.
•We have now tried to correct the bias in our original report.
•a bias against women
•a bias in favour of small firms
•a bias towards/toward small companies
•a newspaper with a strong left-wing bias
•Claims of left-wing bias in teaching materials seem to be unfounded.
•Employers must consider all candidates without bias.
•In British universities there was a bias towards pure science.
•It's difficult for any of us to look at a situation without some form of cultural bias.
•Many golf clubs are bastions of class bias.
•There are often accusations of political bias in news reports.
•There is a systematic bias in favour of employers in this country.
•There is plenty of evidence of gender bias in the classroom.
•These classes have a strong practical bias.

verb (-s-or -ss-)
1. ~ sb/sth (towards/against/in favour of sb/sth) to unfairly influence sb's opinions or decisions
Syn: ↑prejudice
•The newspapers have biased people against her.
2. ~ sth to have an effect on the results of research or an experiment so that they do not show the real situation
•The experiment contained an error which could bias the results.
•These errors may bias the statistics.
•Their methodology resulted in biased findings.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘oblique line’; also as an adjective meaning ‘oblique’): from French biais, from Provençal, perhaps based on Greek epikarsios ‘oblique’.

Thesaurus:
bias verb T (usually disapproving)
•The newspapers have biased people against her.
influence • • sway • |disapproving prejudice • • poison • |BrE colour • |AmE color •
bias/influence/sway/prejudice/poison sb/sth against sb/sth
bias/influence/sway sb/sth in favour of sb/sth
bias/influence/sway the result of sb/sth

Example Bank:
•Management can bias the reward system to favour behaviour in accordance with the core values.
•The reason for being aware of sexism in language is that it biases experience constantly towards the male sex.
•The report suggests that television reporting is biased towards the government in power.
•The sequence of questions may bias the answers.
•The use of faulty equipment may have biased the result.