What is a slant or favoritism toward a particular belief?

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/ ˈbaɪ əs /

a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned: illegal bias against older job applicants;the magazine’s bias toward art rather than photography;our strong bias in favor of the idea.

unreasonably hostile feelings or opinions about a social group; prejudice: accusations of racial bias.

an oblique or diagonal line of direction, especially across a woven fabric.

Statistics. a systematic as opposed to a random distortion of a statistic as a result of sampling procedure.

Lawn Bowling.

1. a slight bulge or greater weight on one side of the ball or bowl.
2. the curved course made by such a ball when rolled.

Electronics. the application of a steady voltage or current to an active device, as a diode or transistor, to produce a desired mode of operation.

a high-frequency alternating current applied to the recording head of a tape recorder during recording in order to reduce distortion.

cut, set, folded, etc., diagonally: This material requires a bias cut.

in a diagonal manner; obliquely; slantingly: to cut material bias.

verb (used with object), bi·ased, bi·as·ing or (especially British) bi·assed, bi·as·sing.

to cause to hold or exhibit a particular bias; to influence, especially unfairly: a tearful plea designed to bias the jury;a survey biased toward highly educated people.

Electronics. to apply a steady voltage or current to (the input of an active device).

1520–30; <Middle French biais oblique <Old Provençal, probably <Vulgar Latin *(e)bigassius<Greek epikársios oblique, equivalent to epi-epi- + -karsios oblique

1. 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 people of another religion.

sub·bi·as, nounsu·per·bi·as, noun

/ ˈbaɪ əs /

flourished 570 b.c., Greek philosopher, born in Ionia.

bigotry, favoritism, inclination, intolerance, leaning, preference, prejudice, prejudgment, tendency, tilt, unfairness, distort, incline, slant, sway, bent, chauvinism, discrimination, disposition, illiberality

• It also seeks to build trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve, by addressing systemic racism and bias in order to help save lives.

• A Sia supporter might claim that I already had my mind made up about the movie, and reviewed it through my preexisting bias.

• Besides the very real risk of the tech being biased against minorities, the technology also carries with it an uneasy sense that we’re creeping towards a surveillance state.

• Implicit social cognition is what psychologists describe as the cognitive processes that occur outside of our conscious awareness or control, including all the associated attitudes, stereotypes, and lingering biases.

• “Once you see where the lampposts really are, it becomes more clear that there is some serious selection bias going on with the discovery of these objects,” Napier says.

• Community activists attack racial bias in policing, so police get defensive?

• Unless there is “a clear national security or law enforcement need,” the bias would lean toward disclosure.

• “There was definitely some bias built up there that was based on my past success and previous exposure,” he says.

• Indeed, at least one study showed that people who watch the program develop more bias against the obese.

• There is a pro-cable bias that seems to forgive so-so shows and so-so series and judges network series harshly.

• Dr. Bias deserves the more credit for his progress in life, as he is entirely self-made.

• Perhaps the following consideration will render both the "bias" and the "first-cousinship" at least intelligible.

  Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8|Various

• I endeavoured to divest myself of all selfish bias, and loved more and more to inquire into religious subjects.

  Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe

• He not only knocked off a bias patch of skin, but gave me a couple of black eyes that kept me at home for a week.

  The Red Cow and Her Friends|Peter McArthur

• The majority believe that the Church has a capitalistic bias.

  The Necessity of Atheism|Dr. D.M. Brooks

mental tendency or inclination, esp an irrational preference or prejudice

a diagonal line or cut across the weave of a fabric

electronics the voltage applied to an electronic device or system to establish suitable working conditions

bowls

1. a bulge or weight inside one side of a bowl
2. the curved course of such a bowl on the green

statistics

1. an extraneous latent influence on, unrecognized conflated variable in, or selectivity in a sample which influences its distribution and so renders it unable to reflect the desired population parameters
2. if T is an estimator of the parameter θ, the expected value of (T–θ)

an inaudible high-frequency signal used to improve the quality of a tape recording

slanting obliquely; diagonala bias fold

verb -ases, -asing, -ased, -asses, -assing or -assed (tr)

(usually passive) to cause to have a bias; prejudice; influence

biased or biassed, adjective

C16: from Old French biais, from Old Provençal, perhaps ultimately from Greek epikarsios oblique