bias
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
Types & categories
- partisanship hypernym
- taboo hyponym
- irrational hostility hyponym
- experimenter bias hyponym
- homophobia hyponym
- Islamophobia hyponym
- racism hyponym
- tendentiousness hyponym
Related & opposite
- prejudice derivation
- bias derivation
- bias derivation
- prejudice derivation
- prejudicious derivation
Sense 2 verb
influence in an unfair way
you are biasing my choice by telling me yours
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- bias derivation
Sense 3 adjective
slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric
a bias fold
Related & opposite
- oblique similar to
Sense 4 noun
a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
Types & categories
- straight line hypernym
Related & opposite
- sloping derivation
Sense 5 verb
cause to be biased
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- bias derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prejudice |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bias |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bias |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prejudice |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prejudicious |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | partisanship |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | taboo |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | irrational hostility |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | experimenter bias |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | homophobia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Islamophobia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | racism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tendentiousness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bias |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | prejudice |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | handicap |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | oblique |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sloping |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | straight line |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | bias |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | prejudice |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | weight |