bias
noun/ˈbaɪəs/
Слово англійською: bias
Переклад bias українською: упере́дженість, необ'єкти́вність, ухил, зміщення
Детальний опис
- [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.
- Do you think that there's still a bias against women in some industries?
- The article examines gender bias in our schools.
Wordfinder- bias
- discriminate
- equal
- feminism
- homophobia
- human right
- marginalize
- persecute
- race
- society
Collocations RaceRaceRace and society- fight for/struggle for/promote racial equality/civil rights/equal rights
- outlaw/end discrimination/segregation
- promote/embrace/celebrate/champion diversity/multiculturalism
- attack/criticize/oppose/reject multiculturalism
- bridge/break down/transcend cultural/racial barriers
- practise/promote (racial/religious) tolerance/integration
- exacerbate/widen/perpetuate/reinforce (racial/socio-economic) inequality
- conform to/challenge/violate (accepted/established/prevailing/dominant) social/cultural norms
- experience/encounter racism/discrimination/prejudice/anti-Semitism/Islamophobia
- face/suffer persecution/discrimination
- fear/escape from/flee (racial/political/religious) persecution
- denounce/condemn racism/hate/anti-Semitism/Islamophobia
- challenge/confront racism/discrimination/prejudice
- combat/dismantle/eradicate/fight (blatant/overt/covert/subtle/institutional/systemic) racism
- perpetuate/defy (common/popular/traditional/negative) stereotypes
- entrench/perpetuate racism/racist attitudes
- reflect/reveal/show/have a racial/cultural bias
- constitute/be a form of racial/race discrimination
- discriminate/be prejudiced/be biased against minority groups/minorities/people of colour
- [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.
- In some British universities there was a bias towards pure science.
- [uncountable, countable] the fact that the results of research or an experiment are not accurate because a particular factor has not been considered when collecting the information
- If a response rate is low, the risk of bias in the findings will be greater.
- [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 Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘oblique line’; also as an adjective meaning ‘oblique’): from French biais, from Provençal, perhaps based on Greek epikarsios ‘oblique’.